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Únase a Nuestras Sesiones de Escucha para Cuidadores

¿Tiene algo que decir? ¡Queremos escucharlo! Únase a nosotros este invierno y comparta su experiencia en su Centro de Defensa de los Niños (CAC) local. Estamos escuchando. Su CAC local… Continue Reading

Join Our Caregiver Listening Sessions

Got something to say? We want to hear it! Join us this winter and share about your experience at your local Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). We’re listening. Your local CAC,… Continue Reading

#ItsYourBusiness

Child abuse thrives when good people decide it’s none of their business. During the pandemic, many kids are trapped where they’re most likely to suffer abuse, and kept away from… 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

State Laws Defining CACs

An NCA Policy Brief Print This Brief State statutes that clearly define Children’s Advocacy Centers and their role in the response to allegations of criminal child abuse greatly enhance the… Continue Reading

NCA & the FBI

NCA and its Accredited Member Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) entered into a partnership with the FBI in 2015 to ensure that all children who need an evidence-based intervention that helps them… Continue Reading

What bits do what? An international lens on the complexities of the CAC model

In Australia, Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) have been raised as a way to improve responses to child abuse based on the demonstrated benefits of this approach in the United States…. Continue Reading

An Open Letter to Warriors

At 10 a.m., on July 12, 2016, I was given the chance to use my voice against something that has kept me silent for years. I testified against my grandfather, who… Continue Reading

NCA CEO Teresa Huizar

Teresa Huizar, National Expert on Child Abuse Intervention and Trauma Treatment Teresa Huizar (pron. WEE-zar) is executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based National Children’s Alliance. She has served at every… Continue Reading

Who’s on your CSEC Team?

It’s the first standard on the list: Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)—the professionals from every field necessary to help a child victim of abuse recover and heal.  Every accredited Children’s Advocacy Center… Continue Reading