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- 17 myths and truths about child abuse, neglect, and sexual assault
- Indiana’s mandated reporting law means everyone, even you, has a duty to children
- CAC teams across Indiana return from NCA Leadership Conference. Here’s what’s happening in D.C. and Indiana
- After 25 years of service, one of the founding CAC leaders in Allen County prepares for retirement
- Can AI prevent child abuse? Here’s what happens when a child asks ChatGPT for help with abuse
- Two Indiana CACs open in-house medical suites within the same week
- Here's what child abuse is doing to children in Indiana
- Sylvia’s CAC commemorates 15 years of service with annual Breakfast series this April
- The “stranger danger” myth and the evolving history of child abuse and reporting
- Corydon’s Comfort House CAC grows to cover Clark and Floyd counties
- A special note of congratulations and thanks to Carolyn Hahn Kremer
- Frank and Linda Reich’s kNot Today becomes force for abuse prevention with over $1 million in funding
- Holly’s House staff discovers a new way to deepen relationships with their Board and partners
- A man has already been arrested for generating child pornography with AI
- A fund you’ve likely never heard of is drying up, forcing another 45% cut to CACs and more organizations in your community
- Is emotional abuse as bad as physical and sexual abuse? Yes, and in many ways, it’s worse.
- 25 years ago teams across Indiana set out to reform how every community responds to child abuse
- The most common form of child abuse isn’t sexual assault. It’s neglect — and it’s deadly.
- New bill defining Child Advocacy Centers in Indiana law heads to Governor’s desk for signature
- “All of this is key to changing the future of Madison County”
- Kids and teens almost never lie about abuse, so believe them when they say something
- How journaling and journaling prompts can help kids and teens after abuse
- Zoey’s Place CAC awarded $8,000 grant for county-wide ChildFirst training
- "Really young kids won't remember abuse" is a dangerous myth during child development
- “Kids immediately tell” when they’re abused is a dangerous myth — most don’t, and here’s why
- Is a CAC part of CASA? What’s the difference between CASA and a CAC?
- The CASIE Center gets new Sensory Room for autistic youth
- No, physical punishment like spanking doesn’t work. So why do we keep doing it?
- Indiana Chapter 2020-2021 Annual Report now available
- From board meetings to poisonous plants, no detail is too small for accredited CACs
- How YouTube and social media algorithms drive people to child pornography
- What you need to know about child trafficking in Indiana
- Five Indiana CACs receive re-accreditation for service to children and families
- The 6 latest internet safety tips for parents and kids
- 8 Indiana CACs on the move as demand for services changes across Indiana
- Comfort House prevention program finds success despite common COVID and e-learning pitfalls
- What's the difference between emotional, domestic, and child abuse?
- Should I be worried about my child receiving gifts?
- You know your kid best, but remember what kids think and feel “is an internal state”
- No, telehealth is not a “lesser” therapy—it works shockingly well
- Marion County CAC settling in with “one of the best teams we’ve ever had”
- New Delaware Co. CAC Coordinator recalls series of firsts over the last six months
- Randolph County CAC exceeds estimates by double, closes thirty-year gap in practice
- In the land of lakes, the fish taught Safe Harbor CAC an important lesson
- Sylvia’s CAC finds organizational changes amid NCA accreditation
- ChildFirst® Expanded training helps Indiana teams discover more abuse, culture, and the impact of COVID-19
- Fort Wayne CAC shows how the critical moments after an abuse allegation matter
- Census data helping Indiana CACs meet demands for the next generation
- Three Indiana CACs receive more than $64,000 in United Way grants
- Southwest Indiana shows overwhelming support for coming Resiliency Center
- Huntington CAC McKenzie’s Hope marks 15 years in honor of two local children
- Teaching Body Safety to Young Kids
- January 2021 Legislative Update
- Indiana CAC Executive Director wins national award for work during pandemic
- Heidi Jennings wins Children's Champion award. It's easy to see why.
- Indiana pediatric nurses join forces with CACs, others, to create consistency for kids after abuse
- Southwest Ind. Coalition purchases two new cars for use in the rural seven-county region
- CAC of Southeastern Indiana opens Greensburg location, its third in the region
- Kristina Lesley wins first-ever award for victim advocacy work with children
- In southeast Indiana, medical exams get closer as pandemic pushes everyone apart
- Heartford House merging with nearby Quinton’s House, marking 20-years of work to stop child abuse
- Bill Lewis Center in Fort Wayne celebrates 20 years of service
- Positive parenting during COVID-19
- Senate Bill 206 passes, ensuring more protection for victims of child sex crimes
- How to: conduct a forensic interview during a pandemic
- A surge of domestic and child abuse cases are coming. Here's how to write about it.
- Indiana CACs rising to meet challenges posed by Coronavirus
- What are the signs of cyberbullying? And how do you know if your kid is the bully?
- How to recognize child emotional abuse and how you can help
- Additional guidance for CACs amid COVID-19 concerns
- How to protect kids on YouTube with the Kids app, parental controls, and more
- At ‘tiny’ Jasper County CAC, a team comes together in the most daunting case of their careers
- Dunebrook marks 30 years, overcoming criticism and skeptics along the way
- Southwest Ind. CAC Coalition hiring a forensic interviewer / administrative assistant
- Zoey's Place in Hancock Co. hiring first Executive Director/VA/Forensic Interviewer
- When yelling at a child becomes verbal abuse
- The CASIE Center celebrates monumental achievements, impactful cases over 25 years of service
- 10,000 kids in 10 years marks a decade of difference for Susie’s Place
- Holly's House and UofE partner in groundbreaking study on efficacy of child abuse prevention programs
- Zero Abuse Project grows to include familiar names in child protection education
- Protecting kids from abuse and stress during the holidays
- What is child grooming? Here are the six steps a predator takes
- 6 unique ways to help kids and families on Halloween
- When does your Facebook post help or harm a child?
- Inside DCS: How new leadership and new ideas are changing Indiana’s child welfare system
- NCA and Indiana Chapter's Position on Family Separation
- How one Indiana nonprofit achieves stability and depth in their Board of Directors
- 6 signs your child is being groomed for sexual exploitation
- CACs of Illinois Director Billie Larkin retires, leaves parting thoughts for CACs and Directors
- Indiana CACs conduct 10,958 forensic interviews in 2017 - the highest caseload ever
- Is my phone my friend? The ultimate guide to phone myths and realities for adults and children
- Quinton’s House CAC receives new home, new equipment, and gives kids new start in life
- Forensic interview admitted as evidence in Johnson County Court
- Just because children with autism may not speak, it doesn’t mean they don’t think
- Susie’s Place Executive Director Named Youth Worker of the Year
- Huizar: When will we believe them?
- CASIE Center wins Leighton nonprofit award for St. Joseph County
- Legal precedent set for using forensic interviews as court testimony for the first time in Indiana
- Children in Vanderburgh Co. experience new way to feel comfortable in court
- Six new tips and policies for families to know as Hoosier children return to school
- How Google and others build an advertising profile of children born in 1900
- Governor signs Messmer, Lampert-backed bill requiring schools teach abuse education to faculty and students
- Andrew Agatston leading legal charge to protect confidentiality, children, and CACs
- Indiana 10th nationally for suicide, 1st in suicidal thoughts among teens
- First Light Child Advocacy Center
- Satellite child advocacy centers relieving families of excessive travel and expense
- Northeast Indiana comes together to keep families together
- Of 2,249 bills in Indiana Legislature, a handful protect kids from abuse and neglect
- Susie’s Place one of 64 nonprofits in annual “Brackets for Good” tournament
- Indiana Child Advocacy Centers conduct over 10,000 interviews in 2016
- Indiana Chapter selects 6 for 2017 Board of Directors
- Kids Talk CAC moves, expands, and goes on offense as demand rises in Madison and Tipton Counties
- Director’s Commentary II: Finding funding, words, and projects
- A closer look at Indiana’s child abuse caseload and where we go from here
- Jacy House Child Advocacy Center
- NCA Executive Director Teresa Huizar shows you how to be a “high-performing team”
- Important Message from Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller
- Notes from Jan: how the Junior League helped put Indiana on the road to 24 CACs
- New mental health services have come to Hendricks County and are already averaging 22 sessions per week
- SWICACC director Tammy Lampert urges Indiana legislators to “add teeth” to 2013 law
- Indiana cities and towns finding creative ways to help children and families
- Governor Pence Makes Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions
- Indiana’s ‘most terrible crime’ leads to big changes for the Boone County CAC
- Appellate Judge Michael Barnes talks duty to children, women, and families
- Revisions to NCA standards a reminder to CACs and communities of new ways to better help kids
- Chaucie’s Place Director Toby Stark selected as Indiana Bicentennial Torchbearer
- Heartford House Child Advocacy Center
- Beth Olson is helping define the “advocacy” in “child advocacy center”
- Sergeant Christopher Cecil shares simple advice for parents and developers about online safety as Indiana State Police receiving hundreds of online tips
- In the wake of Jared Fogle, a community awakens to the reality that the “people you least suspect” are “making it look that way”
- From interviewee to interviewer, one CFAC director shares her unthinkable story of abuse and recovery
- Indiana Chapter Director Jan Lutz featured on BeAKidsHero Podcast
- Hendricks County CAC first in Indiana to bridge families and forensics with therapy dogs
- Semi-retired and busier than ever, see how Ginger Kadlec is building BeAKidsHero
- A hot summer in southern Indiana led to new ideas and big changes
- In Southwest Indiana, a multi-jurisdiction coalition comes together to tell children, “We care”
- 'Will Read and Sing for Food' Concert to Benefit Southwestern Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition
- Join First Light CAC for the Light the Way 5K Run/2 Mile Walk on April 16th
- Marion and Johnson County CACs building strong relationships with Prosecutors and dispel beliefs along the way
- The Meridian Health Services Child Advocacy Center (CAC) of Muncie, Indiana
- Carolyn Hahn of The CASIE Center, an Experiment in Co-Location of MDT
- The Children’s Advocacy Center of Southeastern Indiana (CAC of SEI)
- Matthew Tully of the Indy Star Gets it Right
- Child Forensic Interviewing: Best Practices
- Voices for Victims Awards Indianapolis Advocates for Their Dedicated Service
- Video Training and Networking With National Children's Alliance In St. Paul
- Holly's House Child Advocacy Center in Evansville, Indiana
- Children's Justice Act Conference to be Held October 22-23, 2015
- The Dr. Bill Lewis Center for Children in Fort Wayne
- Children's Advocacy calls for stiffer penalties for child porn
- Registration Now Open for 'Following the Evidence' Advanced Training for Multidisciplinary Teams
- Important Lessons Learned from the Duggar Sex Abuse Scandal
- Comfort House Child Advocacy Center, Corydon, IN
- INCACS Leaders Attend the National Children's Alliance Leadership Conference in Washington, DC
- Jan's Other Life
- Open Letter to Child Advocates: "You are on the Front Lines Slaying Dragons Every Day"
- Advanced Training for Multidisciplinary Teams to be Held in August
- CASIE Center is Presented National Accreditation Plaque
- Dunebrook Child Advocacy Center, LaPorte County, Indiana
- Indiana and Ohio CAC Chapter Directors Meet Up in Los Angeles
- From Crime Scene to Trial
- NetSmartz Workshop helps parents be Internet-aware
- McKenzie's Hope Child Advocacy Center, Huntington, Indiana
- How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
- Poverty at Root of Many Problems for Indiana Children
- YOUTH ISSUE: Teen Dating Violence
- 2015 Board of Directors
- Annual Meeting
- Halloween Tips
- ChildFirst training happening in Lafayette
- Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center Regional Summit
- Teambuilding with Chaucie’s Place
- Emily Goes to Huntsville…
- Indiana Chapter hosts two day Child First protocol training
- 3 years since Sandusky
- CAC Staff from around Indiana Train in July
- Dozens trained in trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy
- Indiana CAC's go to Washington
- National Children's Alliance Recognizes Jan Lutz For Outstanding Commitment To The Children's Advocacy Center Movement
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- 2025 - November 24 - Mandated Reporter Training: Meets Accreditation Standard 9
- November 2025 - Core Victim Advocacy Training
- 2025 - Dec 3 - 5 - Expanded Forensic Interviews
- 2025 - Oct 23 - Victim Advocacy Training - Working with Resistant or Reluctant Caregivers
- 2025 - Aug 20 - Forensic Interviewer Training - Recantation
- 2025 - Sept - Statewide Peer Review
- 2025 - September - Chapter Meeting
- 2025 - August 5 - Director Round Table
- 2025 - July 29 - Victim Advocate Round Table
- 2025 - July 31 - Forensic Interviewer Round Table
- 2025 - July - Chapter Meeting
- 2025 - May 8 - Prevention Round Table
- 2025 - June 12 - Human Trafficking presented by Zero Abuse Project
- 2025 - June 16 - Mandated Reporter Training: Meets Accreditation Standard 9
- 2025 - May - Statewide Peer Review
- 2025 - May - Chapter Meeting
- 2025 - March - Chapter Meeting
- Spring 2025 - Core Victim Advocacy Training
- ChildFirst Indiana - 2025 Classes
- HR Round Table: Compensation & Employee Engagement
- 2025 - February 12 - Director Round Table
- 2025 - January - Chapter Meeting
- 2024 - November 13 - Homeland Security: Presenting Evidence
- Nov. 22 - Mandated Reporter Training - Meets Accreditation Standard 10
- Telling your CAC's Story Online
- 2024 - Nov 4 - Victim Advocate Round Table
- 2024 Annual Chapter Meeting
- 2024 - November 15 - Prevention Round Table
- 2024 - September - Chapter Meeting
- September 2024 - ChildFirst Indiana
- Expanded Forensic Interviews
- 2024 - Aug - Director Round Table
- 2024 - July - Chapter Meeting
- July 10 - Mandated Reporter Training - Meets Accreditation Standard 10
- Victim's Compensation & CAC Clients - Who qualifies & How does it work?
- ChildFirst Protocol Updates
- NCA 2023 Standards for Accreditation / Wish I knew Then What I Know Now – a year in review
- July 2024 - ChildFirst Indiana
- 2024 - June - Advanced Victim Advocacy Training
- 2024 - April 4 - Prevention Round Table
- 2024 - May - Statewide Peer Review
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- 2024 - March - Chapter Meeting
- 2024 - March - Statewide Peer Review
- Director Round Table
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Session with Justin Harter
- February 2024 - ChildFirst Indiana
- Human Resources 101 for CACs
- Dolls & Diagrams - A Zero Abuse Project Training
- Prevention Round Table - December 12, 2023
- Victim Advocacy Training
- Oct. 20th - Mandated Reporter Training - Meets Accreditation Standard 10
- October 2023 - ChildFirst Indiana
Files
- CAC Guide Template 16: Sexualization
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- CAC Guide Template 14: Grieving After Trauma
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- CAC Guide Template 10: Victims rights
- CAC Guide Template 09: Victims of crime compensation
- CAC Guide Template 08: Medical exams
- CAC Guide Template 07: Prosecution
- CAC Guide Template 06: Effects of abuse
- CAC Guide Template 05: 9 reactions
- CAC Guide Template 04: For parents
- CAC Guide Template 03: Finding therapists
- CAC Guide Template 02: Healing after abuse
- CAC Guide Template 01: About the interview
- Indiana Chapter Fact Sheet 2019
- Social Media Safety Guidelines for CACs and MDTs
- DCS Report Attachment J
- Indiana Chapter Factsheet 2018
- Community Response to Child Abuse Steps Handout
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- April Child Abuse Awareness Ad
- Letter to the Editor Template for CAC Directors
- Indiana CACs Service and Region Coverage Map
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- Indiana Chapter Fact Sheet 2017
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Centers
- CAC of Southeastern Indiana - Madison
- CAC of Southeastern Indiana - Greensburg
- Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center
- Zoey’s Place - Hancock County
- Quinton's House
- Kids Talk Child Advocacy Center, Aspire Indiana
- The Cherish Center
- Southwestern Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition
- Valley Oaks Health
- Susie's Place - Terre Haute
- Susie's Place - Avon
- Susie's Place - Bloomington
- Comfort House
- The Child and Family Advocacy Center
- Johnson County CAC
- First Light Child Advocacy Center
- Dr. Bill Lewis Center for Children
- Marion County Child Advocacy Center
- Holly's House
- Delaware County CAC, a Division of Meridian Services Corp.
- Heartford House
- CAC of Southeastern Indiana
- Dunebrook
- Jacy House
- McKenzie's Hope
- The CASIE Center
- Sylvia's Child Advocacy Center