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 assault. We make it safe and provide a clear process to stop the abuse, hold abusers accountable before the law, and get the services you… Continue Reading
Public and Foundation Partners Hearst Foundations NCA is collaborating with Hearst Foundations to introduce evidence-based mental health assessments for abused youth in Oregon and Washington. This project will provide training to CAC staff and associated mental health professionals in the use of evidence-based mental health assessments to ensure that children receive care tailored… Continue Reading
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 hardship waiver. What’s the definition of a hardship condition? Chapters consider requests for hardship waivers and their accompanying sub-award applications within the scope of… Continue Reading
Every year, NCA leads our field in advocating for federal funding for CACs through the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCAA). While Congress appropriated $21 million under VOCAA to go to the field for 2018, slightly less than half of that is actually earmarked for the National Subgrants program. Some funds are allocated to… Continue Reading
National Webinars We offer a two-part training series for OMS twice a year (in the summer and winter), but you can watch recordings of previous trainings at any time. Training webinars can be found on the NCA Engage Learning Center. Search keyword “OMS” for the most recent trainings. For access to NCA Engage, contact membership@nca-online.org…. Continue Reading
OMS Brochure: We heard from CACs that you want a quick and easy way to describe the OMS program to new staff, MDT members, boards, funders, and the public. To address this need, we have developed a two-page brochure that can be printed or shared electronically. Page one provides an overview of “What is OMS… Continue Reading
The first step to using your OMS data is knowing where to find it within your online account. Our Part Two training webinar is specifically designed to walk you through this process, so please use the following information to check it out today! Part Two: OMS Training for Creating Reports & Sharing Results – This… Continue Reading
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Resources for CACs, Partners, and Caregivers In 20-25% of cases handled by Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), youth or children under age 18 have acted out against another child.1 Research also shows that a similar proportion (23.2%) of sexual assaults are committed by juveniles.2 Therefore, a significant proportion of child sexual abuse cases encountered by CACs… Continue Reading