A children’s advocacy center (CAC) is a child-focused, facility-based program where representatives from many disciplines collaborate to make decisions about investigation, treatment, intervention, and prosecution of child abuse cases. The CAC’s multidisciplinary team comprises all the professionals and agencies needed to offer comprehensive services to child victims and their families, including law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, mental health, medical, and victim advocacy.
Videos:
CAC Video, CAC of Kennebec and Somerset Counties
Video Gallery – Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas
Massachusetts Children’s Alliance Video, Child Abuse: Stars in the Field
Additional Resources:
Changing the Child Abuse System: Robin’s story
CAC Effectiveness infographic from National Children’s Advocacy Center
National Children’s Policy Brief
Better Together: Children’s Advocacy Centers
Healing, Justice and Trust, A National Report on Outcomes for Children’s Advocacy Centers