Regional Childrens Advocacy Centers
Training and Technical Assistance Centers
Developed by the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi, West Virginia Child Advocacy Network, and Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas, with input from the field, this guide helps define the purpose of the team facilitator role, providing essential skills, tools and mindsets needed for onboarding.
This guide, created by NRCAC in 2023, is intended to help CACs and MDTs evaluate, expand, and enhance their case review process.
This guide, created by NRCAC in 2020, assists first responders in obtaining minimal facts during initial responses to abuse allegations, with the aim of reducing trauma to child victims and avoiding redundant interviews.
This guide, created by SRCAC in 2022, is designed for those Chapter organizations who may be considering developing and delivering training curriculums to their CACs.
For CACs who are interested in building relationships with tribal communities in their areas, this guide, created by SRCAC in 2019, will help you gain a better understanding of the “Listen and Learn” concept, how to initiate contact with tribal leaders with the help of your state Chapter, your Regional CAC, and NACA (Native American Children’s Alliance); and how to plan and conduct a successful Listen and Learn.
This research paper, created by SRCAC in 2017, outlines research from the past decade related to children’s disclosure of abuse, caregiver support, and recantation.
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.
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.
This manual, created by WRCAC and Court House Dogs Foundation in 2017, provides the framework for implementing a facility dog program.
This manual, created by SRCAC in 2016, will empower organizations to proactively prepare for and effectively manage critical incidents, safeguarding their credibility and integrity in the face of unexpected challenges.
