LISTING OF CENTERS BY STATE:

LISTING OF CENTERS BY STATE:

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In an effort to assist communities in improving their response to child abuse through development of Children's Advocacy Centers, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) established four Regional Children's Advocacy Centers (RCACs). The RCACs provide information, consultation, training and technical assistance, helping to establish child-focused programs that facilitate and support coordination among agencies responding to child abuse. RCACs also provide regional services to help strengthen Children's Advocacy Centers already in existence. The RCACs assist communities in the following areas:

-Assessing their community's capacity to provide services
-Developing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary response to child abuse, particularly the Children's Advocacy Center model
-Developing and negotiating interagency agreements and protocols
-Maintaining open communication and case coordination among community professionals and agencies involved in child protection efforts
-Enhancing professional skills among the interdisciplinary partners
-Coordinating and providing training to the disciplines represented on the multidisciplinary team
-Identifying and developing funding and marketing strategies
-Strengthening the organizational capacity of CACs and child abuse programs
-Assisting with plans for program expansion
-Increasing community understanding of child abuse