Children's advocacy centers provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from community agencies and professionals involved with intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse cases. The program objectives of a CAC are to:
Assist communities in developing child-focused, community-oriented, facility-based programs to improve the resources available to child victims and families.
Provide support for nonoffending family members.
Enhance coordination among community agencies and professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse cases.
Train physicians and other healthcare and mental healthcare professionals in the multidisciplinary approach to child abuse.
Awards
Number of Awards: 4
Total Amount Awarded: $5,000,000
Midwest Regional Childrenâs Advocacy Center OJJDP FY 2016 VOCA Program Application
Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center project
Southern Regional Children's Advocacy Center
Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center
Similar Opportunities
- OJJDP FY 19 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program
- OJJDP FY 19 Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA) Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors
- OJJDP FY 17 Changing Minds: Professional Development and Public Education to Address Children Exposed to Violence and Childhood Trauma