The latest news from INCACs, including training opportunities, events, and updates from across Indiana Child Advocacy Centers.
Can AI prevent child abuse? Here’s what happens when a child asks ChatGPT for help with abuse
Ask ChatGPT, “Am I being abused?” And the response it generates includes a colorful list of emojis alongside five broad factors that are considered abusive: Each section contains 3–4 bulleted…
Two Indiana CACs open in-house medical suites within the same week
Two Indiana CACs have expanded their in-house medical exam services. See inside and how they’re making a big impact.
Here’s what child abuse is doing to children in Indiana
Abuse awareness starts by understanding the scope of the problem in Indiana.
More on Indiana’s Mandated Reporter Law
Indiana’s Mandated Reporter law goes beyond what many other states do. Hoosiers should know what their legal obligation to children is.
Anyone issuing a report, regardless of age or whether it’s to law enforcement or the Child Abuse Hotline, is shielded from litigation, prosecution, or any other kind of risk if a claim is incorrect if the report is made in good faith. “As long as you’ve made a good faith report, we must have faith in the system that it will be considered and investigated appropriately.”
Indiana doesn’t exempt anyone from this requirement. Doctors, clergy, and attorneys are all required to report suspected abuse, regardless of other privacy privileges they may have.
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Here’s what child abuse is doing to children in Indiana
Abuse awareness starts by understanding the scope of the problem in Indiana.
A fund you’ve likely never heard of is drying up, forcing another 45% cut to CACs and more organizations in your community
The Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA, is rapidly losing funding thanks to a quirk in the legislation and broken funding formulas. The cost to Indiana is significant.
25 years ago teams across Indiana set out to reform how every community responds to child abuse
The founding of the Indiana Chapter started with an obvious question: “Why do we need that?”
Law Enforcement
What you need to know about child trafficking in Indiana
Child trafficking involves more than just sex. It’s modern-day slavery. And we don’t know how many children are involved.
Indiana’s mandated reporting law means everyone, even you, has a duty to children
Indiana’s Mandated Reporter law goes beyond what many other states do. Hoosiers should know what their legal obligation to children is.
Legal precedent set for using forensic interviews as court testimony for the first time in Indiana
An Indiana Court of Appeals panel unanimously agrees forensic interviews can be used as testimony and not violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights.
Training and Team Building
“All of this is key to changing the future of Madison County”
Kids Talk CAC in Anderson, Indiana, is celebrating 10 years of service in 2024. The team reflects on the remarkable stability and work they’ve done to change their community.
Zoey’s Place CAC awarded $8,000 grant for county-wide ChildFirst training
Zoey’s Place CAC in Hancock County has received nearly $8,000 from the Children’s Justice Act Taskforce to train law enforcement and other responders in ChildFirst protocols.
From board meetings to poisonous plants, no detail is too small for accredited CACs
Go behind-the-scenes in the lead-up to the internal accreditation and site-review process at two Indiana CACs, one on-site and one held virtually.
News and Press Releases
Two Indiana CACs open in-house medical suites within the same week
Two Indiana CACs have expanded their in-house medical exam services. See inside and how they’re making a big impact.
Sylvia’s CAC commemorates 15 years of service with annual Breakfast series this April
Sylvia’s Child Advocacy Center in Boone County may have one of those most recognized namesakes in the world. The CAC Started in 2010 in honor of Sylvia Likens, who, in…
Corydon’s Comfort House CAC grows to cover Clark and Floyd counties
After new requirements were enacted in Kentucky in 2024, Louisville, Kentucky-based Family and Children’s Place CAC made the difficult decision to vacate their CACs across the Ohio River in Jeffersonville…