Census data from 2020 is likely to reshape at least some parts of Indiana’s response to child abuse and maltreatment. Fourteen of Indiana’s fifteen smallest counties by population saw a continued decline in population over the last decade. Those counties are Switzerland, Greene, Parke, Pulaski, and Randolph, with an average decrease of about 7%. Randolph … Read more
Three child advocacy centers in central Indiana have received funds for multiple new services, programs, and infrastructure.
Former 5th Street School is being repurposed by SWICACC to serve Dubois and six surrounding counties On a cloudy morning last week, Tammy Lampert drove up to the front of the former 5th Street Elementary School to find a member of the community standing out front, she asked if her group could help with the … Read more
Child Advocacy Centers often get their name from a local child or advocate. But McKenzie’s Hope is unique in combining the names of two children who were each murdered within about a year of each other.
Body safety comes down to consent, but how do you teach consent to a child at the age of 5?
In the coming year there are numerous policy changes in motion to be reviewed by the legislators in office for the state of Indiana. It’s important to not forget advocacy comes in many forms, both on the individual and familial level, but also in terms of vast social change.
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, child advocates got worried. As the shutdown and shelter-in-place orders came quickly across the country, advocates didn’t know how children and live-in partners suffering from abuse were going to fare.
Heidi Jennings has received a well-deserved award for her work with numerous high-profile cases in Boone County.
What happens at the doctor’s office when an adult is assaulted is often clear. But for kids, it’s not. One group is trying to change that in Indiana.
Staff retention in southwest Indiana’s Child Advocacy Coalition is driven, no pun intended, by how much driving staff are doing.
