A Children’s Advocacy Center is a child focused, facility based program in which representatives from many different disciplines- Law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical and victim’s advocacy- work together, conducting joint forensic interviews and making team decisions about the investigation, treatment, management, and prosecution of child abuse cases.

Many people do not believe that child abuse exists in Adams County. However, that is not that case. It does exist. In 2005, there were 163 reported allegations of child abuse in Adams County and 33 of them were substantiated. This includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. These were only the numbers for the cases that were reported. There are many cases of child abuse that go unreported for many years and sometimes never get reported. Read more...