CAC House

 

 Report suspected abuse or neglect

 

 CAC Lobby

 

 Be a nurturing parent

 

 CAC Playroom

 

 Get involved in your community

 

 CAC Therapy Room

 

 Monitor your child's TV and video viewing

 

 Clinical Director's Office

The Children's Advocacy Center of Lowndes County, Inc. (CAC) is a community resource center created to minimize the trauma of child victims of abuse by responding to their immediate and long term needs in a child friendly, safe environment.

The CAC offers a facility based program where representatives from law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, mental health, and the medical community collaborate to investigate, treat and prosecute child abuse cases. Using a multi-agency team approach, we work together to prevent further victimization of the child.

 

CAC statistics for Lowndes and surrounding counties:

November 1, 2010 - October 31, 2011

TOTAL CHILDREN SERVED 464

In the past year, the center provided approximately 1500 individual counseling sessions. On average, 12 children are forensically interviewed at the CAC each month as a result of alleged sexual and/or physical abuse.

Ages of Children:

78% of children who benefit from CAC services are below age 12.

Type of Abuse:

Sexual - 82%

Physical - 8%

Domestic Violence/Homicide - 10%

Gender:

Female - 309

Male - 155

Race:

Caucasian - 273

African American - 139

Hispanic - 26

Other - 26