The goal of the CACI is to provide
the following services to the member centers:

Provide technical assistance/mentoring to help communities define multidisciplinary teams and advisory boards, write protocols, open centers, and successfully implement their goals

Promote and provide assistance to the CACs in meeting membership requirements and standards of the National Children’s Alliance.
Organize training for CAC staff and multidisciplinary team members of both new and existing CACs, including but not limited to:
Forensic interviewing
Medical testimony
Crisis intervention counseling
Advocate training
Fundraising and grant writing
Abuse dynamics, effects, and treatment
Legal issues
And other discipline specific training

Establish a state-wide case tracking system in an effort to collect and compile accurate statistics.
Standardize forms, policies, and practices to assure quality of services.
Serve as a liaison between the local CACs and the state legislature.
Seek and administer funding to the local CACs.
   
 

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