| Agency: | The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. |
| Agency Provides: | Scheduled trainings |
| Description: | The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is a child-friendly place where a multi-disciplinary team of community professionals join hands to care for abused children. The CAC can decrease the overall impact of abuse by reducing further victimization to abused children; by increasing the number of successful prosecutions of perpetrators; by encouraging parents and caregivers to stop abusive and neglectful behaviors; by reducing the long-term costs to society; and by decreasing the number of child abuse victims through awareness and prevention education.
The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. (CAC) was founded in 1993 when concerned citizens in Cumberland County (CC) who work with the victims of child abuse knew that those children were not being treated in the best manner available. They determined the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) approach to be the most effective. The CAC became became an Accredited Member of the National Children's Alliance (governing board of child advocacy centers) in 2003.
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| Target Audience: | Children's advocacy center staff, Multidisciplinary teams |
| Website: | www.childadvocacycenter.com |
| Trainings Posted: | Child on Child Sexual Abuse and Interviewing Children
Darkness to Light Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
School Age Challenges
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