About Us

History

Founding

In 1997 the Children's Advocacy Center opened following many years of planning and fundraising.   Led by the District Attorney, many community members and community agencies sought a way to better deal with child abuse/neglect, and to remove the trauma for children and families during the assessment and investigative process.

The planning group's vision sought to provide a site and specially trained professionals where children and families would receive private, personalized attention.  The Children's Advocacy Center was built to provide a neutral, safe and child-friendly place where healing of abuse can begin.  Designed more like a home than an office, the setting and decor create a calm and caring atmoshpere for victims and families.

In 1998 the Prevention Program, initially called Parent Partnerships, was implemented.  In 2004 a counseling center was added to the lower level of the Center which allowed expansion of counseling services with interactive play therapy rooms.

STATISTICS

The Center serves all Lincoln County.  Annually the Center sees  200 individual cases of suspected child abuse, offers psychosocial assessment to all children seen at the Center, provides counseling services to 70 children and families and provides prevention services to 120 at-risk families throughout Lincoln County.  Since opening in 1997, the Center has provided services to over 1800 children and their families, and provided thousands of hours of child abuse prevention and outreach services in the community. To  view our 2009 statistics, click here.