Child Advocacy Center in the News

The Star-Gazette in Elmira, New York, published an editorial in support of the Chemung County Child Advocacy Center. Child Advocacy Centers are community-based facilities that reduce the trauma experienced by children who are victims of sexual abuse and severe physical abuse by providing them with a child-focused environment and with timely treatment and service delivery.

At these centers various members of the child protection, law enforcement, prosecution, victim advocacy, medical and mental health communities provide children and their families comprehensive services within a child-friendly environment designed to meet the child's needs. This greatly reduces the number of interviews a child victim must endure, while also allowing the child to receive needed services in one location.

The Child Advocacy Center model also benefits the government agencies charged with protecting children because it reduces investigative time and creates more efficient case processing.

Read more about Child Advocacy Centers here.