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Children’s Advocacy Centers and the Military: Where We Are, and Where We’re Going Together While some 900 Children’s Advocacy Centers in the United States coordinate the critical multidisciplinary services… Continue Reading
How the evidence-based mental healthcare CACs provide improves the lives of children. Child abuse and other forms of childhood trauma can have lifelong effects on children, families, and communities. Many… Continue Reading
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
If you’re under 18, find your CAC. Each year, our 822 Children’s Advocacy Centers—CACs—provide healing, justice, and safety for more than 324,000 young people who are experiencing abuse or… Continue Reading
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
When grandparents raise their grandchildren, there is a new word for it. It’s called a “grandfamily.” And the number of grandfamilies is on the rise—up over 30% in recent years. According to… Continue Reading
What we do National Children’s Alliance (NCA) is the national association and accrediting body for Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). CACs are local centers that provide a coordinated response to: Investigate… Continue Reading
References for Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatments for Child Abuse Victims Swiecicki, C. C., Portnoy, E. F., Brown, E. J. (2011, July). Disseminating Trauma-Specific Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Child Advocacy Centers… Continue Reading
CAC Statistics In just the last year, Children’s Advocacy Centers served more than 315,000 children across the country. The numbers tell a powerful story. Of the total number of children… Continue Reading