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What Children’s Advocacy Centers Need to Know About Sadistic Online Exploitation Networks

By Amanda GoharianDirector of Research & Insights Thorn A 12-year-old is referred to your Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) for suspected abuse after multiple hospitalizations for self-harming behaviors. The referral centers… Continue Reading

Request for Proposals: Co-Managed IT Services

RFP No. NCA-IT-2026-01   National Children’s Alliance (NCA) is accepting proposals from qualified managed IT service providers for a co-managed information technology services engagement. NCA welcomes proposals from all qualified… Continue Reading

Five Years of Seamless: More Than a Conference, It’s a Community

By Jami Bolton NCA Institute for Better Mental Health Outcomes    Five years ago, we had an idea.  What if there was a conference created specifically for mental health clinicians working within Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs)? A place… Continue Reading

In Movement: 7 Questions with Hillary Burkholder, MPA | The CARE Center | Oklahoma City, OK

Welcome to In Movement! In this segment of our blog, we interview thought leaders from within our own organizations – from CACs and MDTs and partner agencies – to gain insight into… Continue Reading

In Movement: 7 Questions with Drs. Kimberly Mudd-Fegett and Jillian Carden | Silverleaf Sexual Trauma Recovery Services | Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Welcome to In Movement! In this segment of our blog, we interview thought leaders from within our own organizations – from CACs and MDTs and partner agencies – to gain insight into… Continue Reading

Why Trauma Screeners and Standardized Assessments Matter | Moving Beyond Assumptions About Kids Who Experience Maltreatment

By Libby Ralston, Ph.D. Consultant, NCA Institute for Better Mental Health Outcomes   Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) have long played a critical role in identifying maltreatment. But today, the work goes further. It’s not… Continue Reading

Stream for a Cause: Small Grants, Big Impact for NCA’s Rural Children’s Advocacy Centers

By Vanessa Stergios, LPCC/LSW & Woori Song, LMSW National Children’s Alliance More than five years ago, the National Children’s Alliance (NCA) began partnering with content creators to fundraise, educate, and… Continue Reading

A Powerful Combination: How AIMWell and the Care Process Model Support Victim Advocates

by Michelle Miller, Ph.D., LCSW NCA Institute for Better Mental Health Outcomes   Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) are built to provide coordinated, compassionate responses to children who have experienced abuse…. Continue Reading

In Movement: 7 Questions with Julie Evans | Alliance for Children CEO | Tarrant County, Texas

Welcome to In Movement! In this segment of our blog, we interview thought leaders from within our own organizations – from CACs and MDTs and partner agencies – to gain insight into… Continue Reading

Bridging the Gap: How AIMWell Helps Children Access Mental Health Care Sooner

by Jami Bolton National Children’s Alliance Timely access to mental health services can be life-changing for children who have experienced abuse. Yet with a national shortage of mental health providers,… Continue Reading