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ABOUT CAC'S

Details Last Updated: 05 June 2015

 

In years past, when a child was suspected to have been the victim of abuse, the
child was required to travel all over town to places such as the Police
Department, Child Protective Services office, Sheriff's Department or the
County/District Attorney's office - and many times, to a doctor for examination.
These places can be intimidating for anyone - imagine how it must feel for a
small child. By the time it was all said and done, the child victim may have
repeated their story of abuse 5-10 different times to strangers over the course
of weeks or months.

 

Before Children's Advocacy Centers, this was the process for investigating child
sexual and physical abuse cases. Children who had suffered unbelievable trauma
had to relive their pain repeatedly in a variety of strange and scary
surroundings.

 

Children's Advocacy Center's changed all that by operating on the fundamental
belief that protecting our children requires us to make our system work at their
level. The Center is a place where children can feel safe and protected as they
go through the difficult process of describing what happened to them. These
children travel to fewer investigative agencies, go through fewer interviews,
and wait less time for critical services such as counseling and medical exams.

CAC's utilize a Multi-Disciplinary Team that includes team members from local
law enforcement, Child Protective Services, county and district attorney's,
mental health professionals and medical professionals.  This Multi-Disciplinary
Team works the most severe child abuse cases together as a team- sharing
information and collaborating; making decisions based on the child's best
interest. CAC's provide the essential services that child victims and their
non-offending family members need as they go through a child abuse
investigation.

 

 

To find a CAC in your area:

Texas www.cactx.org

National www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/