Department of Economic Security—Division of Children, Youth and Families—Child Protective Services—Child and Family Advocacy Centers (June 2008, Report No. QA-0801)

Child and family advocacy centers are non-profit organizations and municipal programs established and operated by local communities to coordinate a multi-disciplinary response to cases of child abuse, domestic violence, and/or sexual assault/abuse in a manner that ensures the victim receives the support services he/she needs and does not experience added trauma during the investigation. As of May 2008, there were 18 child and family advocacy centers located in Arizona. This document answers questions about Arizona’s child and family advocacy centers’ structure and location, funding, number of victims assisted, differences from traditional approaches to investigating assault and abuse cases, Child Protective Services’ participation, and monitoring of the centers.