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 for all 50 states that depict CAC locations and select details about the areas they cover. To find out more about CAC coverage in your… Continue Reading
2017 Electronic Grantee Handbook for Centers Below is the information about the grantee guidelines as well as the 2017 required and additional grant forms that you will need to successfully administer your 2017 NCA grant. You can visit this page often throughout the grant year for updates and resources. National Children’s Alliance funding is available… Continue Reading
The most complete look at the CAC movement ever taken. Snapshot 2017: Advocacy, Efficacy, and Funding in CACs is the product of a trove of valuable information provided by hundreds of our member Children’s Advocacy Centers across the country; NCA’s expertise in advocacy, fundraising, and capacity-building; and our movement’s passion for serving children. In it,… Continue Reading
NCA’s 2017 Leadership Conference, held June 4-7, 2017, in Washington, D.C., aims to provide continuing education, networking opportunities and exposure to innovative programs and ideas for Children’s Advocacy Center leaders. Each year, the conference offers CAC leaders the latest information on how to help children in your communities, an opportunity to connect with your peers. Registration… Continue Reading
Children’s Advocacy Centers Making A Difference Last year, CACs provided victim services to more than 371,000 children and abuse prevention education to nearly 2.3 million people. The primary mission of a CAC is to prevent further victimization by ensuring that child abuse investigations are comprehensive, and that intervention and healing services meet the age-appropriate needs… Continue Reading
Legislation NCA Supports NCA is committed to supporting its members at every level, including legislative advocacy efforts to support the work that we do and the children we serve. NCA’s federal policy priorities are: Supporting the work of CACs – and demonstrating Congressional support for these vital services – through full funding of the… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
2021 Electronic Chapter Grantee Handbook Below is the information about the grantee guidelines as well as the 2021 required and additional grant forms that you will need to successfully administer your 2021 NCA grant. You can visit this page often throughout the grant year for updates and resources. National Children’s Alliance funding is available through… Continue Reading
New discount available to Accredited and Associate CACs: Up to 25% off evidence-based assessments. National Children’s Alliance is pleased to announce that we have partnered with PAR to offer Accredited and Associate CACs a 25% discount on several of its trauma-focused products, and 10% off all additional PAR-published products. The discount is available from… Continue Reading
The original mission of Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) was to improve a community’s response to the investigation of child abuse. The advances in our knowledge of trauma and the availability of mental health treatments effective in reducing the negative impact of trauma expanded the focus of CACs to include helping children and families heal. In… Continue Reading