Description
Child First Advocacy Center provides a safe and supportive environment to assist victims and their families in the discovery, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child sexual abuse.
Our staff is a team of trained professionals with a shared vision to minimize the traumatic effects of child abuse. Our first priority is to ensure the safety of the child and their non-offending family members. Our focus is the child. CFAC offers children and their families: Assessment and Investigation, Multi-agency support system, Protection, Education, and Hope and Healing.
CFAC is one of hundreds of child advocacy centers found throughout the United States. We provide consistent and fast follow up to abuse reports and a connection to other agencies and services for support and healing. The process involves a team of professionals from several agencies. All services are confidential.
We recognize that talking about abuse is very difficult. The services that are available and necessary to handle a report of child abuse often include: Trained & experienced interviewers, Medical professionals, DCF, Mental health professionals, Law enforcement, Victim advocacy, and Prosecution, if applicable. This comprehensive and multi-agency support approach prevents further victimization and trauma while protecting the victim.
