Summary
Organization name
Pueblo Child Advocacy Center
other names
PCAC
1986
Tax id (EIN)
84-1071784
Category
Crime & Legal-Related, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Address
301 W. 13th StreetPueblo, CO 81003
Pueblo County, CO, US
The mission of the Pueblo Child Advocacy Center is to:
Prevent sexual or physical child abuse whenever possible
Work with a multi-agency team to investigate child abuse when it occurs and
Provide ongoing support to victims of child abuse and their non-offending family members
This mission is carried out in a home-like, child friendly setting to minimize any further trauma to the abused child.
Testimonials
This Christmas card from a family served at the Pueblo Child Advocacy Center after their child was molested says a lot:
"For everyone at the Pueblo Child Advocacy Center! Thank you so much for being there at an unfortunate time in our lives. Thank you for making us comfortable at an uncomfortable time. Thank you for being understanding and compassionate in such a hard job to deal with. Thank you so much for giving us hope that we will be okay. Thank you for all you have done for us and given us."
Mission
The mission of the Pueblo Child Advocacy Center is to:
Prevent sexual or physical child abuse whenever possible
Work with a multi-agency team to investigate child abuse when it occurs and
Provide ongoing support to victims of child abuse and their non-offending family members
This mission is carried out in a home-like, child friendly setting to minimize any further trauma to the abused child.
Background Statement
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND: The Pueblo Child Advocacy Center (PCAC) was among pioneering groups pursuing a new concept for investigating sexual abuse of children and supporting traumatized children. The idea was to provide a homelike, comforting setting designed for children and to bring the investigators to the family in that setting. In 1986, PCAC was the first child advocacy center in Colorado and sixth in the nation.
After serving thousands of children in Pueblo, PCAC continues to evolve as our profession discovers more and better ways to serve children. Over the last couple of decades, huge advances have been made in developing research-based protocols for interviewing children, for diagnosing physical symptoms of abuse, and for supporting children in their recovery from abuse. Our challenge as an advocacy center is to keep pace with these advances.
Dramatic national research results are demonstrating the tremendous impact of child advocacy centers, along with sex offender registries and other efforts, in protecting children. Several different studies are now showing that the rates of reported sexual abuse of children have declined close to 50% over the past two decades. Programs like ours are clearly making a difference, and we need to keep up this work to protect children.
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Organization Data
Pueblo, CO 81003