*Summary of Scope of Services: Forensic Interviews, Victim Services, Therapy, Forensic Medical Examinations, Services for the drug-endangered child, School-based intervention/prevention program, Education Group for Teen Moms (school-based), Adult Survivor Group and Resource Library Provider (school-based) and provider of community education.
*Forensic Interviews – Forensic Interviewer has received specialized training
enabling her to interview victims and obtain information in a non-threatening or
leading manner.
*Victim Services Specialist – This position works with the non-offending caregivers as to the role of the CAC and the legal system. She accompanies the victim to the hearing, familiarizes the victim and the family with the courthouse and the prosecution process.
*Family Advocate – This position works with drug-endangered children, priority given to children having been impacted by the use and/or manufacturing of methamphetamines. The Family Advocate works with the caregivers as to reduce out-of-home placements, irrational behavior displayed by the caregivers due to active addiction, and to instigate positive change based on tools for successful parenting, time management, budgeting, and treatment for drug/alcohol dependence
*Therapist (2) – This position works with the client and the client’s caregivers. She offers support, education and coping skills for the client as well as the non-offending caregivers and adult survivors. Also, one of the Therapists provides community education related to child abuse, community support groups, school education/training and inter-agency collaboration and coordinates our school-based curriculum, Stop Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) and our Outreach Program. Our Outreach Program is made up of both our school-based SCAN Program and our Teen Mom Education Program. SCAN seeks to educate children between the ages of 5-13 on safe and unsafe touches, bullying, internet safety (age-appropriate) and to tell someone if a child experiences unsafe touches or is asked to keep secrets from caregivers that involve unsafe touches or pictures. Our Teen Mom Education Program is also school-based and is offered in two (2) of our counties. It is a 12-14 week curriculum and educates young mothers on well-baby check-ups, child development, appropriate discipline, potty-training, selecting a caregiver, utilizing community resources and taking care of themselves as they feel very isolated and over-whelmed. The program encourages these moms to continue school and graduate with their diploma, refrain from additional unplanned pregnancies while seeking and securing prenatal care. The statistics are better than 80% that these moms will graduate, not have a second pregnancy before their 18th birthday and their infants tend not to come into state’s custody at least while we are working with them.
*Administrative Assistant – Provides support to the Executive Director, staff and board of directors. This position assumes typical administrative duties and interacts with all clients as they become acquainted with the CAC.
*Executive Director – The Executive Director is responsible for day-to-day program operations, fiscal management, seeking, securing and implementation of grants, community education/support groups, program changes that will expedite services and improve service delivery, directly reports to the board of directors, managing the training needs of our Child Protective Investigative Team in 4 counties, integrity and implementation of our district-wide Child Protective Investigative Team Protocol and member of the Child Protective Investigative Team.
*Medical Services- Forensic Medical Examinations are performed by a SANE/FMNP (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Family Nurse Practitioner) with more than 15 years’ experience in this field. She is accompanied by a registered nurse with 10 years’ experience with the Child Advocacy Center. Both examiners have undergone specialized training for this type of evaluation.
