Children’s Advocacy Center

HELPING CHILDREN HEAL FROM ABUSE

Childhaven operates two nationally accredited Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs), one in Farmington and another at our satellite facility in Gallup, where our Forensic Interviewers and Family Advocates, in cooperation with law enforcement and other multidisciplinary partners, aid in the investigation of cases of abuse and neglect, while providing support to the child victims and their families. Children who are involved in a criminal investigation – because they have witnessed or been victims of violent or sexual crimes – are brought to our CACs where our trained staff conduct a developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, forensically defensible, interview. This interview is recorded for and distributed to involved law enforcement agencies so the child doesn’t have to repeat the traumatic events they have experienced and can move on to healing through therapy, available on site, case management, victim advocacy, and other behavioral health services that they and their families can access with help from our family advocates.

Childhaven served as the first point of contact for over 400 child abuse cases in 2018, assisting other community agencies in the process. Services provided by our CACs are:

• Culturally Competent
• Trauma-Informed
• Child-Friendly
• Private 

Check out the video below to learn more about the CAC model.