2/28/2011
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announced $54,871 in Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) Grant Program Funds. The funds are awarded to local non-profit Child Advocacy Centers throughout the state to address the growing problem of child abuse and neglect.
“The recent awards are focused on a multi-disciplinary response to the investigation, treatment and prosecution of child abuse cases by providing such services as advocacy, education, forensic interviews, evaluations and referrals,” said Gov. Tomblin. “These services can help put child abuse victims on the road to recovery.”
The 2010 Legislature re-appropriated funding to implement a system of child advocacy centers throughout the State and provide grant relief to those in need of supplemental financial assistance. The funding will be passed through the West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services (DJCS). To obtain more information about the DJCS, you can contact Kimberly S. Mason at 304-558-8814.
Funds were awarded to the following:
Burlington United Methodist Family Services, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used for a facility based community partnership which provide intake, investigation, and follow-up services for victims of child abuse ages 3-17 in Mineral County.
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to expand services at the Kanawha County center in order to become accredited by the National Children's Alliance.
Child and Youth Advocacy Center
$1,842
Funds will provide the facility, the staff and support necessary for a coordinated multidisciplinary response for the investigation and intervention of allegations of child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse in Greenbrier County.
Child Protect of Mercer County, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to expand and improve services by hiring additional staff, providing training opportunities to the multidisciplinary team and staff, and improving intervention and prevention programming at the Mercer County Child Advocacy Center.
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia
$1,842
Funds will be used for a child focused program that encourages a multidisciplinary team approach to the investigation and treatment of child abuse, in turn strengthening and coordinating the community's response to child abuse in Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan County.
Hancock-Brooke County Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to provide and coordinate child-centered site based services to victims of child maltreatment in Brooke and Hancock County. Funds will also ensure each case has the full support of the multidisciplinary team, making certain each child receives services that will protect them from further harm and trauma.
Harmony House, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to provide victim services such as advocacy, forensic interviews, and mental health and medical referrals/services for children in Ohio and Marshall County.
Harrison County Child Advocacy Center
$1,842
Funds will be used for a child-focused, facility-based program in Harrison County where representatives from many disciplines meet to discuss and make decisions about investigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse cases to prevent further victimization of children.
Just for Kids, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to provide and coordinate a more humane, culturally competent, site-based, multidisciplinary team centered investigation and intervention for Fayette and Raleigh County children alleging criminal abuse.
Logan County Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will provide site based services to victims of child maltreatment and ensure each case has the full support of the multidisciplinary team, thereby decreasing trauma and increasing support in Logan County.
Marion County Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will used to provide a safe place in Marion County for children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse to have their stories clearly heard and begin the healing process.
Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to provide center-based services to child abuse victims including forensic interviews and evaluations, advocacy, education, referrals, therapy, and coordinating Monongalia County's multidisciplinary response to investigations and interventions for child abuse victims.
Mountain CAP of West Virginia, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to provide a unified system of response to allegations of sexual or severe physical abuse and/or neglect, while also providing a safe neutral child-friendly site where additional trauma for the victim is significantly reduced in Lewis and Upshur County.
Nicholas County Family Resource Network
$1,842
Funds will be used to provide the Braxton, Webster, and Nicholas Counties multidisciplinary investigative team a child friendly environment for children who have been sexually or severely physically abused.
Randolph-Tucker County Children's Advocacy Centers
$1,842
Funds will be used for a staff person, provide training opportunities to the multidisciplinary team and other staff members, and strengthen the overall program at the Randolph and Tucker County Child Advocacy Centers.
REACHH-Family Resource Center
$1,842
Funds will be used for a program coordinator and victim advocate to ensure services will be expanded and to further the Summers County Child Advocacy Center is on its path toward accreditation.
Stop the Hurt, Inc.
$1,842
Funds will be used to enhance and strengthen McDowell County's multidisciplinary team approach to investigation, prosecution, and providing direct services to children of abuse and neglect.
Tyler County Commission
$1,842
Funds will be used to reduce the traumatic effects of abuse, protect children from maltreatment, seek justice for child victims, investigate abuse as a team and strengthen the community's ability to nurture children, while keeping the comfort and safety of the child the first priority in Tyler and Wetzel County.
West Virginia Child Advocacy Network
$21,715
Funds will be used for state staff to nurture and support the growth, development, and continuation of Child Advocacy Centers and multidisciplinary teams in West Virginia communities to better serve children and families when concerns of child abuse arise.
Contact Information
Jacqueline Proctor
304-558-2000