Children's Advocacy Center for Child Abuse Assessment and Treatment

Children’s Advocacy Center is organized to provide forensic interviews, case management, coordinate medical exams, and referrals to child survivors of sexual and physical abuse and child witnesses to crimes in Los Angeles County, CA.

Our Mission
The Children's Advocacy Center is committed to using a multi-disciplinary team approach to assist children who are victims of physical or sexual abuse, or who have witnessed acts of violence, as well as providing these services to people of any age with developmental disabilities. All services will be provided in a supportive environment by individuals trained in national best practices to optimize positive outcomes and reduce trauma.

Our Vision
• That all children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse have advocates and resources provided to them.
• That all law enforcement & child protection agencies in our geographical service area use the Children's Advocacy Center.
• That all involved agencies harmoniously work together for the sake of the children we serve.
• To see the justice system recognize successful prosecution of physical and sexual child abuse offenses.
• To see a reduction in the placement of children by child protection agencies from their homes because of a reduction of abuse in our community.

Our Goals
The overall goal of the center is to ensure that children are not victimized again by the very system designed to protect them by offering:

*Victim support and advocacy
*Child friendly facility for forensic interviewing
*Professionally recorded interviews for evidence collection and to assure reduction in the number of interviews for the child
*Coordination with law enforcement, prosecution, child protection, medical and mental health agencies and professionals
*Case review,family follow-up, case tracking and high standards of care

The CAC is accredited by the National Children’s Alliance in Washington, D.C.