Child Advocacy Center
HANNIBAL, Mo. — April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri has been partnering with community agencies since 2000. Child Advocacy Centers, or CACs, were created in 1985, and more than 1,000 of them operate in the United States. The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri is one of 15…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — The George H. Riedel Foundation recently awarded $2,000 to the Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri to buy assessments that measure the progress of therapy for childhood trauma victims. The CAC will offer evidence-based assessment tools that therapists will administer at the beginning, middle and end of mental therapy treatment. It helps…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — Amy Vaughn is the lead prevention education specialist at the Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri. She joined the Child Advocacy Center in January. As the lead prevention education specialist, she will educate members of the community on preventing child abuse as well as equip people with the knowledge of what to…
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — A $6,000 grant award from the Riedel Foundation will help expand services to victims of child abuse in Hannibal. The Child Advocacy Center will use the money to buy a sophisticated recording system for a new forensic interview room. In a press release, CAC employee Stephanie Tufts said, “Professionally recorded interviews are…
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