Help for victims of child abuse in Colorado Springs Safe Passage Newsletter January 2007

Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center strengthens existing children's advocacy centers, and helps communities develop such centers, through training and technical assistance in 13 western states.

A program of Safe Passage, located in Colorado Springs, the WRCAC provides training and technical assistance to centers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming. More...

Contact us:
Western Regional Children's
Advocacy Center
423 S. Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 636-2460
Or
Click here.

National Children's Alliance is a nationwide not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote and support communities in providing a coordinated investigation and comprehensive response to victims of severe child abuse. NCA accredited members are Children's Advocacy Centers.

Western Regional Children's Advocacy provides resources to Child Advocacy professionals including a comprehensive resource library containing books, articles, guidebooks and videotapes. These items are available for checkout by professionals. Many items are available online, as listed below.

Directory of CACs
Address and contact information of Children's Advocacy Centers in the Western Region

Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery Manual
The 'How to Guide' to help you prepare your CAC for, survive and recover from a disaster.

Gap Analysis of CAC Service Coverage in the West
A survey of service coverage of CACs and MDTs in the Western Region illustrated by maps of each state.

Legislation—State by State
Important legislation, state funding, organizational capacity information from each state.

NCA Standards for Accredited Member Programs
NCA requirements for accreditation of Children's Advocacy Center

NCA Training Catalog
Comprehensive Training Catalogue for Children’s Advocacy Centers.

NCAC Digital Library - CALiO
A Digital Library on child abuse made available by The National Children’s Advocacy Center Research Library and including many resources such as electronic resources, databases and online journals to benefit child advocate professionals.

Organizations and Links
Contact information and websites for CAC professionals

RCAC - NCA Brochure
A brochure explaining what the Regional Children’s Advocacy Center and National Children’s Alliance are all about.

Travel Reimbursement Policy
Requirements of persons traveling on Western Regional CAC funds

Training and technical assistance is provided by Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center to help establish and strengthen CACs in the 13 western states that make up the Western Region. As we work with communities to develop their own community based centers, we seek to provide the best possible training to all members of the multidisciplinary response to child abuse.