The Western Regional Children's Advocacy Center provides regional services to help strengthen Children's Advocacy Centers already in existence. The WRCAC assists 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
• Provides technical assistance in the development of cultural competency and diversity
  
  

Downloadable Documents PDF and Excel documents for professionals ... MORE		Training for Professionals Click here for a schedule of upcoming training sessions for Children's Advocacy Professionals ... MORE		NCAC Digital Library This Digital Library on child abuse includes many resources... MORE
		Gap Analysis of CAC Service Coverage in the West Surveys to determine the service coverage area of CACs and MDTs in the Western Region illustrated by maps of each state... MORE