Before the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center opened its doors, child abuse victims and their families were bounced from one agency to another – from the child welfare office, to the police department, to the hospital, to the prosecutor’s office – repeatedly telling their stories of abuse. The criminal justice system, a system primarily designed for adult perpetrators not child victims, lacked coordination between police, child protective services, prosecution, mental health and medical agencies. Duplication of efforts, along with multiple unnecessary and traumatic interviews for the children, had become the norm in child abuse cases.

Transforming the system, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Centers provides a child-friendly setting where a skilled team of professionals come together under one roof to investigate serious child abuse allegations, conduct forensic interviews aiding in the prosecution of offenders, and provide therapy and victim assistance services to the child abuse victims - always keeping the best interest of the child in mind.

Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center is an accredited member of National Children’s Alliance and a member of Children’s Advocacy Centers of TX