Role of the Victim Advocate
This training video, created by NRCAC and WRCAC in 2020, highlights the importance of victim advocates, what victim advocates do for children and families, and the role of the victim advocate on the MDT.
Victim Advocate Case Flow Chart
This infographic, created by NRCAC in 2020, is designed as a reference for CACs collaborating with three advocates throughout the life of a case and can be modified to make it consistent with your services.
Field Guide to Victim Advocacy
Developed by the West Virginia and Mississippi State CAC Chapters in 2017 with input from the field, and SRCAC, this guide was initially designed for newly hired family advocates to help orient them to their new roles within CACs, but this an invaluable guide for all members of an MDT.
Supervisor Manual for the Field Guide to Victim Advocacy
This manual, created by SRCAC, CACM. and WVCAN in 2020, is a companion guide to the Field Guide to Family Advocacy and is geared toward professionals who supervise family advocates; it covers the basics of supervision, offers supplementary information to the Field Guide, provides additional resources that will help you onboard your CAC?s family advocates.
Expanding In-Person Mental Health Services Within a Children’s Advocacy Center as the Pandemic Recedes
This issue brief, created by WRCAC in 2021, carefully examines how to navigate the myriad of issues affecting decision-making regarding the return to more in-person treatment and recommends items for CACs to consider when providing in-person mental health care as part of their service continuum.
WRCAC Issue Brief: Moving to Telemental Health in a Child Advocacy Center Environment
This brief, created by WRCAC in 2020, offer answers to commonly asked questions as CACs make the transition to TMH services.
Task Sharing in a Children’s Advocacy Center: The Role of Victim Advocates in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children & Families
This issue brief, created by WRCAC in 2021, examines task sharing in the CAC context and promotes the active collaboration between the CAC victim advocate and the child’s therapist as a task sharing team, especially in rural areas where the therapist may provide services remotely through tele-mental health.
Victim Advocacy Linkage Agreement
This sample linkage agreement, created by the Regional CACs in 2022, is meant to serve as a resource for CACs when providing victim advocacy services. Please note this is intended as a SAMPLE and should be carefully reviewed by the CAC Board of Directors or other governing entity so that it accurately reflects YOUR partnership with community agencies.
Resources for Meeting the Victim Support and Advocacy Standard
This guide, created by the Regional CACs in 2023, is intended to help CACs meet the Victim Support and Advocacy Standard for Accreditation for NCA.