The Children's Advocacy Center for Child Abuse Assessment and Treatment
The Children’s Advocacy Center provides forensic interviewing and family advocacy services to children who are victims of physical or sexual abuse, or who have witnessed acts of violence, and to their non-offending guardians, as well as to the law enforcement, DCFS case workers and prosecutors investigating their cases.
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PLAY ·2022 Grants ChallengePost-Pandemic Surge in Child Abuse Cases
In 2019 there were 42,160 reported cases of sexual and physical abuse of children in L.A. County. In 2020, during the pandemic, the number of reports dropped 16% to 35,364. This same trend was reflected in our own numbers when we interviewed 717 child victims in 2019 only to see referrals drop 24% (544) in 2020 and again in 2021 (502). A surge in child abuse reports will inevitably occur as mandated reporting and court case processes normalize. To meet this increased demand for our services we will need to hire qualified forensic interviewers.