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Our Accreditation Standards To ensure that all children across the U.S. served by Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) receive consistent, evidence-based services that help them heal from abuse, more than 700 of our member CACs have become Accredited by meeting our Standards for Accredited Members. Every five years, these standards are updated to reflect the latest… Continue Reading
Donate today to put child victims on a pathway to healing. Other ways to support NCA or become a Corporate Partner can be found here. Donor Spotlight On: Mat Heck Ohio Prosecutor for 20 years and NCA Benefactor “I feel very strongly about the need for CACs and the benefits they provide for abused… Continue Reading
Leading from Within Facilitative Leadership Training for Chapter Directors FACILITATORS: John Anderson Cathy Crabtree DATES/TIMES: March 17: 9 am – 5 pm March 18: 9 am – 5 pm March 19: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm LOCATION: Washington, DC Chapter Training March 2015 Training $49.00 USD
Legislation NCA Supports NCA is committed to supporting its members at every level, including legislative efforts to support the work that we do and the children we serve. NCA’s policy priorities are: Supporting the work of CACs – and demonstrating Congressional support for these vital services – through reauthorization and funding of the Victims… Continue Reading
References for Children’s Advocacy Centers: Helping children heal from abuse while holding offenders accountable – National Children’s Alliance Policy Brief iLalayants, M., & Epstein, I. (2005). Evaluating multidisciplinary child abuse and neglect teams: a research agenda. Child Welfare, 84 (4): 433-58. iiKolbo, J. & Strong, E., (1997) Multidisciplinary team approaches to the investigation and resolution… 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
What Is a CAC? To understand what a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) is, you must understand what children face without one. Without a CAC, the child may end up having to tell the worst story of his or her life over and over again, to doctors, cops, lawyers, therapists, investigators, judges, and others. They may… Continue Reading
Accreditation / Re-accreditation package for CACs In this section of the NCA website you can access information about applying for accredited membership and re-accreditation with NCA. Please review the NCA Policy on Member Structure. If you are not currently an accredited member and your organization would like to apply for accreditation, please visit the links below,… Continue Reading
Unifying the CAC Response to Child Sexual Exploitation NCA created and maintains an online resource and video training series to break the silence and bring hope for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC)—children who often go unidentified and are underserved. The video training series provides valuable information on research, prevalence, screening and identification, promising interventions and… Continue Reading