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Legislation NCA Supports NCA is committed to supporting its members at every level, including legislative advocacy efforts to support the work that we do and the children we serve.  … Continue Reading

New member benefit: Discount on PAR assessments

New discount available to Accredited and Associate CACs: Up to 25% off evidence-based assessments.   National Children’s Alliance is pleased to announce that we have partnered with PAR to offer… Continue Reading

Healing, Justice, & Trust 2018

  Healing, Justice, & Trust: How CACs prove (and improve) their work Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) provide children and families with healing and justice in a setting they can trust…. Continue Reading

Trauma Treatment via Tele-health: Reaching Underserved Children in South Carolina

The use of tele-health services—providing therapy over a computer—is changing the landscape of mental health and providing more opportunities to disseminate evidence-based treatments to underserved communities. CAC professionals in South… Continue Reading

Four-legged support: Working with Pecos

Animals are such agreeable friends―they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.―George Eliot Throughout history, humans have relied on canines to assist in many tasks. Herding, guarding, scent work, and… Continue Reading

Child Physical Abuse

A Guide to the CAC Response Despite the fact that CACs serve many more victims of child sexual abuse than they do victims of child physical abuse (CPA), federal data… Continue Reading

State Funding Support for CACs

An NCA Policy Brief Print This Brief Diverse funding is essential to the long-term sustainability of the CAC movement, including state funding support. States should have an interest in adequately… Continue Reading

Winning Takes Courage, Persistence, and Perseverance. So Does Protecting Children.

I was just five years old when I watched the young women of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team file stoically into a shiny arena in Barcelona. They looked brave, strong,… Continue Reading

About Hardship Waivers for Individual CAC Subawards

NCA recognizes that, for some individual CACs, subaward funds may be crucial to operating a CAC or providing services. That’s why CACs that are experiencing hardship may apply for a… Continue Reading

Protecting Kids When Everyone Has A Camera

by Drew Fidler, LCSW-C; and Iona Rudisill, LGSW Here’s what you should know about child sexual abuse images and how to protect children from the dangers of the internet. The… Continue Reading