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• Society: Issues: Children, Youth and Family: Advocacy Groups  (187)

National Children's Alliance -  .

- An alliance of more than 500 Children's Advocacy Centers throughout the United States devoted to helping victims of child abuse. Member organizations, training, grants, publications, and public affairs.

Abilene and Taylor County Texas Child Advocacy Center - - Seeks to lessen the trauma of child abuse victims by providing intervention services at a central location.

ACAL Association of Child Abuse Lawyers - - Practical support for UK Lawyers and other professionals working for adults and children who have been abused.

Alamo Children's Advocacy Center - - Assists child abuse victims in the San Antonio, Texas area. Services, events, and library.

Alliance for Children - - Works to unite the communities of Tarrant County, Texas to fight child abuse by providing children's justice centers that coordinate the efforts of partner agencies and facilitate the delivery of needed services.

American Coalition of Abuse Awareness Newsletter - - Mission is to improve the quality of life for children and adult survivors of incest and sexual, physical and emotional abuse through advancements in law, justice and public policy and education of the public and professionals.

Athens Area Child Abuse Prevention Council - - An Athens, Georgia organization that seeks to prevent child abuse and neglect. Parent help line, community outreach and education programs, newsletter, and volunteer opportunities.

The Bridge Children's Advocacy Center - - Assists abused children and non-offending family members in the Amarillo, Texas area.

Carousel Center - - A nonprofit organization that offers child abuse prevention and treatment services to southeastern North Carolina. Announcements, newsletter, and staff.

Center for Child Protection - - A center in Austin, Texas focused on reducing trauma to victims of child abuse during the investigation and prosecution of their cases. Newsletter, events, and volunteer opportunities.

Chadwick Center for Children and Families - - An organization of professionals in the fields of medicine, social work, psychology, psychiatry, and child development dedicated to assisting victims of child abuse and family violence. Seminars, conferences, and newsletter.

Cherokee Child Advocacy Council, Inc. - - A non-profit children's organization serving the Cherokee county area of Georgia. Programs for the treatment of abused children, prevention of child abuse, and parent mentoring.

Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County, Michigan - - Seeks to be the leading resource in the prevention of child abuse in Oakland County, Michigan. Programs, events, and volunteer opportunities.

Child Abuse Council of Muskegon County, Michigan - - Seeks to prevent child abuse through community programs, advocacy, and education. Newsletter, CASA program, and Child Advocacy Center.

Child Abuse Training & Technical Assistance Centers - - Provides assistance to child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment professionals throughout California.

Child Advocacy Center for Denton County - - Assists child abuse victims in Denton County, Texas. Services, tips for parents, and child advocacy resources.

Child Advocacy Center of Gainesville, Florida - - Social workers, counselors, law enforcement officers, state attorneys, victim advocates, and medical professionals work as a team to coordinate investigations and interventions in child abuse cases.

Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County, Inc. - - Assists child abuse victims and non-offending family members in McHenry County, Illinois. Newsletter, fundraising, and volunteer information.

Child Advocacy Center of Mobile, Alabama - - Provides a wide range of services in one central location to abused children and their non-offending family members in Mobile, Alabama. Partnerships with the Junior League and the public schools.

Child Advocacy Center of the South Plains - - A nonprofit agency in Lubbock, Texas designed to provide child abuse victims with a friendly, culturally-sensitive, non-threatening and neutral environment that offers support and protection.

Child Advocacy Services - - Promotes the safety, health and well-being of children and families in Louisiana by providing services, support and education in order to stop the cycle of child abuse and neglect.

Child Advocacy Team - - Michigan non-profit company providing legal and advocacy services to children who have been neglected, abandoned or abused or who are the subjects of guardianship, adoption or delinquency petitions.

Child Advocates, Inc. - - A private, non-profit organization in Houston dedicated to breaking the cycle of child abuse through the court appointed special advocate system.

Child Advocates of Fort Bend County, Texas - - Child advocacy center, CASA programs, and family assistance services in Fort Bend, Texas.

Child Enrichment Inc. - - A non-profit organization based in Augusta, Georgia that offers a shelter for abused children, a child advocacy center, and a court appointed special advocate (CASA) program that assists children involved in the court system due to neglect or abuse.

Child Protection Resource Center of Virginia, Inc. - - Promotes the development of Children's Advocacy Centers in the state of Virginia in an effort to further the best interest of abused children and enhance prosecution of offenders.

Child Safe of Central Missouri, Inc. - - Assists abused children in central Missouri.

Childhelp USA - - Exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. Focus in the areas of treatment, prevention, and research.

Children's Advocacy Center of Portage County, Ohio - - Offers training to professionals who assist abused children, provides support to non-offending family members, and ensures that interviews and intervention are conducted in a manner consistent with the best interests of the child abuse victim.

Children's Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass - - A Kentucky-based center that seeks to improve the community's response to child sexual abuse by providing a safe, non-threatening location for children and parents during the intervention process. Support groups, therapy, and volunteer opportunities.

Children's Advocacy Center of Volusia & Flagler Counties Florida, Inc. - - Provides in-home prevention services to adults that may be at high risk of abusing their children. Offers outpatient mental health services to abused children, non-offending family members, and adults that were abused as children.

Children's Advocacy Centers of Bastrop - - Assists child abuse victims in Bastrop, Lee, and Fayette Counties, Texas.

Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia - - A membership organization that assists child advocacy centers in Georgia, compiles statistical data, and engages in public policy discussions about child abuse.

Children's Advocacy Centers of Louisiana - - Provides technical assistance, training, and resources to Children's Advocacy Centers in Louisiana.

Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas - - A statewide association that promotes the efforts of local Children's Advocacy Centers in the state of Texas.

Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis - - Addresses the needs of children and families who are impacted by child sexual abuse.

Children's Assessment Center of Grand Rapids, Michigan - - Protects, assists, and comforts child abuse victims.

The Children's Center - - Serves southwest Missouri children who are severely physically abused or sexually abused.

Children's Justice Center of Salt Lake County, Utah - - Provides a comfortable, child-friendly atmosphere where children receive coordinated services during the child abuse investigative process.

Coalition on Child Abuse & Neglect - - An organization in New York state that seeks to prevent child abuse by developing community awareness, providing direct services, and training professionals. Project Kidz Talk, Training Institute, and Child Advocacy Center.

Coastal Children's Advocacy Center - - A non-profit organization in Savannah, Georgia that offers free counseling and related services to victims of child abuse and non-offending family members.

Collin County, Texas Children's Advocacy Center - - Takes action to identify, protect, and improve the lives of abused and neglected children.

Community Partners of Dallas - - Community Partners of Dallas provides support for abused children by providing direct resources to caseworkers.

CornerHouse - - A non-profit organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota that assesses suspected child sexual abuse, coordinates forensic interview services, and provides training for other professionals.

Dallas Children's Advocacy Center - - Seeks to improve the lives of abused children in the Dallas, Texas area and to provide national leadership on child abuse issues. Staff contacts, events, donors, and community education.

Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center - - Provides multidisciplinary services and treatment for child abuse victims and adult survivors of abuse in the Charleston, South Carolina area.

Deirdre O'Brien Child Advocacy Center - - A New Jersey based center that provides child abuse prevention, intervention, and education programs.

Dickerson Center for Children - - A non-profit organization in Columbia, South Carolina that helps children who have been physically or sexually abused.

Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center - - Brings together law enforcement, protective services, and medical professionals in the Florida counties of Okaloosa and Walton to protect victims of child abuse and to bring abusers to justice.

Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers - - Seeks to improve Florida's response to child abuse in general and sexual abuse in particular. Contact information for advocacy centers throughout the state, events, and assistance.

Fort Bend County Rainbow Room - - An all volunteer charitable organization dedicated to helping children and families in crisis by furnishing emergency supplies and supporting the efforts of caseworkers.

Georgia Center for Children - - A nonprofit agency in the Atlanta, Georgia area that provides evaluation and treatment to sexually abused children. Services, volunteer opportunities, and fundraising.

Georgia Office of the Child Advocate - - An independent Ombudsman office designed to protect the rights of children in state care, monitor agencies charged with protecting children, and to advance policies that enhance the well-being of Georgia's children.

Ginnie's House - - A children's advocacy center in Sussex County, New Jersey that assists victims of child abuse and their non-offending family members.

The Guardian Center - - A nonprofit child advocacy center that provides free, confidential services to children affected by sexual and physical abuse in Edwards, Gallatin, Saline, Wabash and White Counties in Southern Illinois.

Harbor House - - A children's organization serving northwest Georgia that offers child abuse prevention, treatment, and intervention programs.

Harmony Home - - An organization in Odessa, Texas that provides free services to abused children and their non-offending caregivers.

Hope House - - Assists child abuse victims in Tom Green County, Texas.

ICAN Associates - - A private, non-profit organization which supports the work of the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) in Los Angeles, California.

A Kid's Place - - Provides advocacy and support for abused or neglected children in Weld County, Colorado. Training, child advocacy center, and CASA programs.

Macomb County Care House - - Seeks to prevent and reduce the incidence and trauma of child abuse in Macomb County, Michigan.

Marin Advocates for Children - - Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer for children in the court system to help assure they have safe,permanent homes where they have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Maryland Child Advocacy Center Alliance - - Serves abused and neglected children and provides training and networking opportunities for child abuse professionals in Maryland.

McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Site - - Reduces the trauma that abused children in the Syracuse, New York area face during the investigative and treatment processes by providing a safe, child friendly environment for abuse victims and their non-offending family members.

Merlin Foundation - - Public policy and advocacy for abused and neglected children in Arkansas.

Mississippi Children's Alliance - - Seeks to encourage the development, growth, and continuation of quality child advocacy centers in the state of Mississippi.

The Montgomery Child Advocacy Project - - Provides free legal assistance and social service advocacy to abused and neglected children in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

National Children's Advocacy Center - - Provides prevention, intervention, and treatment services to abused children. Also offers training to child advocacy centers (CAC) and the general child abuse intervention community through its National CAC Academy.

New York State Child Advocacy Resource and Consultation Center - - Provides resources, technical assistance, and training to Child Advocacy Centers throughout New York State in order to prevent child sexual abuse and child fatalities.

Ohio Network of Children's Advocacy Centers - - A membership organization that helps Ohio communities stop child abuse. Newsletter, publications, and training.

Parentline - - Provides counselling, support, and advocacy for abused children and their families in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Philadelphia Children's Alliance - - Brings together police, social workers, prosecutors, medical professionals, and victim advocates to help child abuse victims and bring abusers to justice. Offers crisis counseling, education, support groups, and activities for children.

Project Harmony of Omaha, Nebraska - - Seeks to protect children by providing community-based, integrated, comprehensive and coordinated child abuse assessment and investigation in a centralized location.

Project SISTER - - Offers free comprehensive services to children and adults in southern California who have been sexually assaulted. Help line, services, and volunteer and donation opportunities.

Rainbow House - Children's Resource Center - - Coordinates community-based efforts in Houston County, Georgia on child abuse education, prevention, and treatment. School-based and parent education programs.

Rainbow House, Inc. - - Provides therapeutic, medical, and residential services to abused children in Clayton County, Georgia.

Safe Shores - - Provides a safe and supportive environment for physically and sexually abused children and adolescents through a multi-disciplinary team approach in the District of Columbia. Programs, news, and volunteer opportunities.

Shelter The Children - - Developing and implementing programs providing protection and assistance for abused and neglected children in Troy, Ohio. Focuses on three primary areas: education, justice, and safe places.

Sonoma County Court Appointed Special Advocates - - Serves abused and neglected children in Sonoma County, California who come before the Juvenile Court for protection.

St. Tammany Children's Advocacy Center - - Assists child abuse victims and non-offending family members in Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, Louisiana.

Sunshine House - - Helps child abuse victims in Blanco, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, Mason and San Saba Counties, Texas.

Take A Stand for Kids - - A student run group working to increase awareness about Child Abuse and the merit of volunteering time to inspire children to rise above adversity.

Tennessee Chapter of Child Advocacy Centers - - Provides information on all the Child Advocacy Centers in the state. Also serves as a source of information for professionals in the field of child advocacy.

Tulsa Child Abuse Network - - Provides an interagency approach to investigate abuse and protect children in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Services, news, events, and volunteer opportunities.

Tuscaloosa Children's Center - - A non-profit organization in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that provides services to abused children and their non-offending care givers and offers educational programs to community groups, professionals, and schools.

Yavapai Family Advocacy Center - - Supports families in the Yavapai County, Arizona area that have been victims of domestic abuse and violence.