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MEET OUR STAFF
Samantha Prince, Executive Director and Dedicated Interviewer
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Sam began working at Safe Place in 2020 as both the Executive Director and dedicated interviewer. Each year, Sam interviews around 175-250 children and adults after they report that they have experienced sexual or physical abuse, as well as witnesses of traumatic events.
Sam is also responsible for facilitating team meetings and assisting with team coordination, conflict resolution, vicarious trauma support, and more, as the Multidisciplinary Team Facilitator.
Sam has been working in the field of child maltreatment, mental illness, and abuse dynamics since 2012. She has attended hundreds of training hours related to the scope of the work as well as specialized, evidence-based interviewing.
Sam is most passionate about making a profound impact on the community and with each individual she serves. She is committed to a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach that considers the whole person and experience.
Victim Advocate and Case Manager
Abbi began working for Safe Place in 2026 to provide support to victims of abuse and their nonoffending caregivers. Abbi has worked in the domestic violence realm since 2019 and is passionate about helping people to feel heard and safe.
SAFE PLACE SUPPORTERS
The Vermont Children's Alliance (VCA) is the state chapter that supports and advocates for all thirteen of Vermont's Child Advocacy Centers. The VCA provides training and education to CAC staff as well as the CAC's Multidisciplinary Teams.
In addition, the VCA advocates for CACs on a local, state, and federal level, to ensure that CACs have the funding, opportunities and recognition they need to deliver imperative services to Vermont's most vulnerable population: the children that report sexual abuse and physical violence. Learn more!
Safe Place and other Vermont CACs also receive support, resources, and advocacy form the National Children's Alliance. The NCA produces standards for CACs to meet in order to provide the most effective services, based on research and best practice. Safe Place has been a Nationally Accredited Center since 2015 and was reaccredited in 2021. Safe Place will again pursue reaccreditation in 2026. Learn more!
VCA Executive Director Patti Randall with fellow VCA Staff Sam Prince and Zoe Nixon.
