Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month!

The #1 thing that you can do is report suspicions of child abuse!

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learn the signs of child abuse
Victims of Crime Stabilization (VOCA)

Call on Congress to protect services for child crime victims.

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Be Ready To Report

Every adult in North Carolina should know how to report child abuse and neglect. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Understanding Child Abuse

Child abuse is an epidemic. To address it, we need to understand it. Educate yourself about the different types of abuse and be ready to report.

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Hope In Action

Over 50 children advocacy centers across North Carolina provide support, resources and hope for children in abusive situations, providing a way out and a way forward

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Your Donation Changes Lives

This year, support Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina (CACNC) and help provide hope and healing to children impacted by abuse. Your donation empowers us to offer critical resources, advocacy, and care to the most vulnerable. Together, we can make a lasting difference—donate today!

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Goal $100,000

Amount Raised $25,861

26% Raised of $100,000 goal.

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Do you have concerns about child abuse? Your CAC can help!

Be heard. Have hope. Start healing.

There are 55 child advocacy centers across North Carolina, with specially trained forensic interviewers, victim advocates, therapists, and rostered medical providers available to serve children and non-offending caregivers in a comfortable, child-focused setting.

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Training

CACNC helps you stay current with best practices for working with child abuse by offering:

CACNC Symposiums
CACNC Trainings
Other Trainings

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Upcoming Events

05 27

2025 "Changing the Tide" Carolinas' Seaside Symposium on Child Abuse

The 2nd Annual Joint Symposium on Child Abuse & Neglect for the Carolinas offers a Children’s Advocacy Center and multi-disciplinary training opportunity for professionals involved in the response to child abuse. Geared for professionals involved within a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) as part of the children’s advocacy center (CAC) model, this training allows for discipline-specific and/ or cross-training of professionals in the investigation, evaluation, treatment, and prosecution of child maltreatment cases. The symposium will offer general and workshop sessions within MDT and Medical Tracks.

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#HopeInAction

The 55 child advocacy centers across North Carolina provide support, resources and hope for children in abusive situations, providing a way out and a way forward. Our community-based, child-friendly centers foster hope and facilitate healing for traumatized child victims of physical and sexual abuse, child-trafficking, neglect and exposure to drugs and violence.

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