The Children's Advocacy Center is a child-focused organization in which local professionals work together to address the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse cases in order to prevent further victimization of children.

The Children's Advocacy Center is a private non-profit agency affiliated with Jameson Health System.

The main goal of the Children's Advocacy Center is to improve the community's response to child abuse and neglect and to minimize the trauma to children and their families.

Working to help Children

The Children's Advocacy Center of Lawrence County exists to guide and support abused children and their non-abusing family members through the criminal justice and social service systems by coordinating multidisciplinary services and providing programs on their behalf.

Through interagency cooperation the Center offers:

·        A centralized child-focused facility for coordination of multidisciplinary services.

·        Nurse Home Visitation programs for expectant parents/families, families of newborns and children 0-5, teen parents, first-time parents, and single parent families.  For more information on the Nurse-Family Partnership Program click here.

·        Education and training for professionals involved in child abuse prevention and intervention.

·        Community education regarding child abuse prevention and the intervention system.