This tool can be utilized by individual CACs and Chapters to help in shaping medical programming to address child physical abuse.

This tool helps CACs and State Chapter organizations identify gaps in medical care for child sexual abuse victims and provides steps to enhance this care along the continuum.

The document, created by the RCACs in 2022, is to clarify and elevate the role of team facilitator and explain its value to the efficacy of the MDT.

This collection, created by SRCAC, is a comprehensive guide for CACs and Chapters to strengthen board governance and leadership.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2023, is intended to help CACs and MDTs evaluate, expand, and enhance their case review process.

This training video, created by NRCAC in 2020, highlights the importance of case review, provides an example of what case review can look like, and discusses the value of representatives from each discipline attending.

This toolkit aids CACs in establishing and maintaining medical programs for child abuse victims, aligning with National Children’s Alliance standards and enhancing the multidisciplinary team’s role, while guiding the assessment and improvement of medical services.

This guide by WRCAC provides a comprehensive directory of resources to help Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) develop trauma-informed responses.

This document helps the CAC Director orient medical providers conducting evaluations for children, whether on-site, off-site, as employees, or through agreements or contracts.

This issue brief, created by NRCAC in 2022, examines the lessons learned from leaders of the CAC movement in tandem with current research on crisis leadership, with the intention of providing insight for leading through adversity, no matter what the crisis.

This tool helps CAC leaders, MDT facilitators, and MDT representatives center equity and inclusion in case review meetings, ensuring equitable access to culturally relevant services while addressing previously ignored or harmful discussions.

This guide, created by the RCACs in 2023, is designed to help Chapters create and facilitate successful Peer Learning Cohorts for CACs and MDT partners. 

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2021, provides an overview and strategies for working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2021, provides an overview and strategies for interviewing children who are non-verbal.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2020, provides an overview and statistics on child victims with disabilities.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2020, provides resources for child victims with disabilities.

This guide, created by SRCAC, is for MDTs and CACs addressing children with problematic sexual behavior.

This resource, created by SRCAC, is a practical tool for CACs to assess and track team competencies.

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 document emphasizes the need for culturally sensitive medical evaluations for Indigenous survivors of child sexual abuse, addressing proper terminology, Tribal MOUs, healthcare disparities, and creating a safe environment for effective care.

This guide, created by NCA and NRCAC in 2018, offers support for CACs to help identify children in need of treatment and make referrals to evidence-based treatments that are proven to reduce trauma symptoms.

The fact sheet summarizes key research on health disparities, their influencing factors, and specific affected populations, while also addressing five domains of social determinants impacting health outcomes and quality of life.

This guide, created by NCA and NRCAC in 2018, provides an overview of evidence-based mental health treatments for child abuse victims for brokers and multidisciplinary teams.

This guide, created by SRCAC, is for CACs and Chapters to implement effective executive evaluation processes.

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 manual, created by WRCAC and Court House Dogs Foundation in 2017, provides the framework for implementing a facility dog program.

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 Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi and SRCAC in 2023, is for professionals facilitating multidisciplinary teams.

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.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2021, provides resources for first responders and being prepared to encounter individuals with a disability.

The Glossary of Terms, created by NRCAC, provides a guide for consistent terminology when working with vulnerable populations.

This guide, created by SRCAC, is a companion resource for State Chapters preparing to implement or enhance their grant administration processes.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2020, is meant to serve as a resource for CACs on using interpreters in forensic interviews, training for interpreters, tips for interpreting, confidentiality forms, and resources.

This guide, created by NCA and NRCAC in 2018, offers support for parents and caregivers dealing with child abuse, emphasizing the pivotal role they play in their child’s healing process and explaining how a CAC and MDT can provide assistance in keeping the child safe and facilitating their recovery.

This toolkit, created by SRCAC, is designed for nonprofit CACs to enhance human resources practices.

This tool equips medical providers to educate families on the dangers of social media and online risks to youth, addressing the increased exposure of children to inappropriate material through digital connectivity.

This guide, created by NRCAC in 2022, provides an overview and resources on the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse.

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 training guide, updated by the RCACs in 2023, lists opportunities to help multidisciplinary team (MDT) coordinators/facilitators access training to help meet the 8.0 hours of instruction required in the revised 2023 National Children’s Alliance Standards for Accreditation.

This manual, updated by NRCAC in 2024, provides training information and resources to CACs to assist with onboarding new multidisciplinary team members.

This sample linkage agreement created by the RCACs in 2022 is meant to serve as a resource for CACs when providing Medical Health Referral, Assessment and Treatment. 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.

This document helps CACs and State Chapter organizations identify gaps in medical care for child sexual abuse victims and offers steps to enhance this care.

This toolkit, created by MRCAC in 2024, is designed to help you establish and maintain your medical program to serve victims of child abuse.

This sample linkage agreement created by the RCACs in 2022 is meant to serve as a resource for CACs when providing Mental Health Referral, Assessment and Treatment. 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.

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, is a resource to support State Chapters in assessing their readiness for multidisciplinary team enhancement initiatives.

This document, created in 2022, highlights the areas in which the RCACs and NCA partner or coordinate to provide excellent service to Chapters and identifies the areas where we specialize or work independently.

This chart, created by NRCAC in 2020, offers a variety of self-care ideas including physical, psychological, emotional, professional, and personal, while also providing space for you to write your own ideas.

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.

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.

This list, created by the RCACs, helps professionals and stakeholders quickly understand and navigate some of the key elements of the field.

This guide, created by the RCACs in 2023, is intended to help CACs meet the Victim Support and Advocacy Standard for Accreditation for NCA.

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.

This guide, created by SRCAC in 2022, is designed for those Chapter organizations who may be deciding whether to implement a statewide case management system.

This site, created by SRCAC in 2024, is for CACs to learn how to address secondary traumatic stress (STS) in their organizations.

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.

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.

Learn about tele-mental health options for delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health services. This five-part webinar series is presented in 2019 by the WRCAC Rural Mental Health project in partnership with MRCAC and the NCAC.

This guide by WRCAC provides a framework for establishing statewide telemental health networks for Children’s Advocacy Centers.

This guide, created by SRCAC, provides CACs with essential tools and strategies for emergency preparedness and response.

This training video, created by NRCAC in 2020, highlights the importance of medical exams, the importance of specialized professionals, and why “normal is normal” when it comes to results.

This resource, developed by SRCAC, serves as a foundational guide for CACs and Chapters to measure and evaluate program effectiveness.

This training video, created by NRCAC in 2022, highlights the importance of law enforcement, child protective services, and prosecution in the multidisciplinary team, and the value of the collaborative investigative process.

The Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC) offers webinars aimed at enhancing the skills of professionals working in Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs).

This manuscript highlights the significance of medical evaluations in the clinical and legal processes of suspected child sexual abuse, emphasizing the need for practitioners to stay informed on current evaluation protocols and interpretation of medical findings.

This sample linkage agreement, created by the RCACs 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.

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.

This training video, created by NRCAC in 2022, spotlights the dynamics of working with children with disabilities in child abuse cases from the perspectives of forensic interviewers, first responders, and prosecutors.

This website hub, created by WRCAC in 2019 and updated in 2024, serves to educate and inform the CAC community about Telemental Health as an option, as it is still not widely employed among CACs. The updated TMHRC reflects a focus on supporting Chapters, CAC Directors, Mental Health and Advocacy staff in implementing TMH services.