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MultiCare Health System - The Childrens Advocacy Center of Pierce County
The Children's Advocacy Center of Pierce County (CAC) is a community initiative that brings together medical services, social work, mental health, victim advocacy, child protective services, law enforcement, and prosecution to provide a child-focused, efficient, and compassionate approach to the investigation, treatment, and management of complex child abuse cases.
What is it?
The Children's Advocacy Center of Pierce County (CAC) is a community initiative that brings together medical services, social work, mental health, victim advocacy, child protective services, law enforcement, and prosecution to provide a child-focused, efficient, and compassionate approach to the investigation, treatment, and management of complex child abuse cases.
Who is it for?
Child abuse victims and their families.
Why do they do it?
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital developed a pediatric sexual abuse intervention clinic in the 1980s as a response to a community need for specialized services for physically abused children. The mission of CAC is to reduce the trauma of these victims and their families.
Impact
In the last reporting period, the CAC achieved a 98 percent success rate in "improved safety for the child victim" and 86 percent in "improved efficiency in abuse investigations."
Contact: Lois Bernstein
Senior Vice President, Community Services
Telephone: 253-403-1750
E-mail: lois.bernstein@multicare.org
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