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Before the Children's Advocacy
Center movement began, child victims of abuse were being further
traumatized by our system. You usually had several agencies
involved in investigating allegations of child abuse. As a
result of all these agencies being involved, our child victims were
being interviewed multiple times about the most personal and tragic
events of their lives. |
Today, Children's Advocacy Centers
across the nation provide a child friendly environment where all
agencies now come to the child. The child in interviewed once by
a trained forensic interviewer, and all agency partners involved work
together as a team to coordinate their investigations and services for
the child and their non-offending family members through the
Children's Advocacy Center.
The Children's Advocacy Center also
provides crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, play
therapy, court school, court accompaniment, resource referrals,
assistance with crime victim's compensation paperwork, and personal
advocacy. Our purpose is to lessen the trauma and to help
restore hope in the lives of children.
Case
Referrals:
All cases that come through the Children's Advocacy Center must be
referred through law enforcement or Child Protective Services in
Johnson County, or surrounding counties without Advocacy Centers.
Who
We Serve:
We provide services
to child victims of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse, and child
witnesses to homicides and other violent crimes. Services
are also provided for non-offending family members. |
