Help provide lifesaving interventions and safety for children in our community who experience abuse, sexual assault, or witness violent crimes.
The mission of the Children’s Advocacy Center is to meet the needs of children and families in our community by providing a community-based, child-focused center that facilitates a compassionate multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, treatment, identification, and prosecution of child abuse. They provide forensic interviews, medical evaluations and care, therapy interventions, advocacy and support for children up to 18 who have experienced abuse or witnessed violent crimes.
There is a correlation between chronic medical and social conditions over the span of the lifetime and childhood trauma like abuse. Those who experience abuse, if left unresolved and untreated, are likely to develop a number of chronic health conditions like obesity, substance abuse, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, suicide ideation and completion, and many others according to the Adverse Childhood Experiences study. CACJC's method of intervention is proven to be highly effective in mitigating these outcomes for the children they serve.
Positive Change funds will be used to support the provision of therapy, forensic interviews, medical services, advocacy, and support services.