CAC Coverage Maps

National Children’s Alliance is dedicated to making Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) services available to every child in the country.  To monitor progress on this mission, NCA creates maps each year depicting CAC locations and select details about the areas they cover. To find out more about CAC coverage in your state, click on the applicable links below.  Join us in working toward 100% coverage in every state!

Interactive National Map: Coverage by County

Each spring, State Chapters provide information about CAC coverage areas based on signed interagency agreements/memorandums of understanding (MOUs). Click the map below to access an interactive national map in our eSpatial software system that includes CAC coverage by county and type. Using this map, you can view CAC locations and coverage areas at a national level and zoom to see more details about the CACs in your local area. CAC locations are approximate; for privacy reasons, the exact address is not displayed. For information about how to interpret these maps, please refer to the description below regarding color-coding and other details on the state-specific maps, as the national maps also follow this formatting.

As of June 2024, NCA Member Children’s Advocacy Centers served 2,269 counties through signed interagency agreements/MOUs.  This means 72% of counties in the U.S. have formal access to an NCA Member CAC.

Interactive National Map: 2022 Coverage by County

An additional 229 counties are solely served by centers that are not yet members of NCA. These non-member locations are continuously encouraged to pursue NCA membership to ensure service quality. In the meantime, these locations are not included on the national maps as NCA cannot verify the quality of services provided by non-members.

For an interactive national map showing CAC locations and county coverage ages color-coded based on NCA Member status, visit our online map page.

State-by-State CAC Coverage Maps

Two CAC Coverage Maps (or “gap maps” as they are often called) were last created for each state in 2023. Both maps show CAC locations color-coded by their membership status with NCA, as well as outlines of congressional districts, which are helpful when sharing these maps with policy-makers.

The first map for each state (“Coverage Map”) shows the coverage areas of each CAC, primarily by county, color-coded by the NCA membership status of the CAC providing coverage. These areas are considered covered if there is a formal, signed agreement in place between the CAC and partner agencies in that area, helping to ensure consistent, quality services to the children in that area.

The second map for each state (“Child Population Map”) shows the relative concentration of children under the age of 18 living in each county, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. The darker the green shading, the higher the number of children living in that county. This helps show the potential need for a CAC in that county, helping to either justify to funders and partners the current location of a CAC or demonstrate the need for a new CAC in a currently unserved county with many children.

The following maps reflect NCA membership status (i.e., accreditation and other categories) and coverage areas as of May 15, 2023.

For more information about the CAC Coverage Maps, please contact Will Laird at WLaird@nca-online.org.

Interactive National Map: Coverage of Tribal Areas

Click the map below to access an interactive national map in our eSpatial software system that includes CAC coverage of federally recognized tribal areas by the tribe’s relationship to its local CAC(s). Using this map, you can view CAC locations and coverage areas at a national level and zoom to see more details about the CACs in your local area. CAC locations are approximate; for privacy reasons, the exact address is not displayed. For information about how to interpret these maps, please refer to the description below regarding color-coding and other details on the state-specific maps, as the national maps also follow this formatting.

As of June 2023, 220 NCA Member Children’s Advocacy Centers served 425 federally recognized tribal communities. Nine federally recognized tribes have established NCA Member CACs directly located on tribal lands.

Interactive National Map: 2022 Coverage of Tribal Areas

 

Interactive National Map: Coverage of Active Duty Military Installations

Click the map below to access an interactive national map in our eSpatial software system that includes CAC coverage of active duty military installations in the U.S. by their relationship to local CAC(s). Using this map, you can view CAC locations and coverage areas at a national level and zoom to see more details about the CACs in your local area. CAC locations are approximate; for privacy reasons, the exact address is not displayed. For information about how to interpret these maps, please refer to the description below regarding color-coding and other details on the state-specific maps, as the national maps also follow this formatting.

As of June 2023, 130 NCA Member Children’s Advocacy Centers served 214 active duty military installations, as selected for inclusion in these maps based on having assigned personnel.

2021 map of the contiguous U.S. showing military installations and NCA Member CACs

 

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