Who We Are
We bring hope and healing to children in our community.
Valley CAC clients are child victims of sexual and severe physical abuse. These young and vulnerable individuals will find that their needs are placed above all others and that our approach is approach is compassionate, yet efficient. Throughout the intervention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment, Valley CAC provides no-cost services to child victims and their non-offending family members. All services are designed to reduce present trauma, better navigate the systems involved, and promote healing.
What We Do
What is a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC)?
Addressing the physical, emotional, and legal facets of abuse requires a unique centralized approach, only found within a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). It is in this child-focused and safe environment that a coordinated response from trained experts provides the help and resources child victims and their families desperately need.
The primary goal of a CAC is to reduce the additional trauma experienced by child victims, improve prosecution outcomes, and provide efficient, compassionate, thorough, no-cost services to the child victim and non-offending family members.
Without the present centralized CAC model, child victims of yesterday were shuttled to multiple facilities, in which they would need to repeatedly recount their frightening story. Repetition only further imbedded the trauma. Today’s coordinated, team effort clearly and efficiently gathers helpful information while minimizing vicarious trauma.
