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11-Hear and deliberate on presentations from non-profit organizations requesting funding
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Detailed description of project (including description of need, scope of work, methodology, who benefits, number <br />of beneficiaries, other project partners, etc.): The Children's Advocacv Center of Pafis (CAC) is a <br />private non-profit 501 c 3 orqanization. The purpose af a CAC is to reduce the trauma faced by <br />children and their non-offendinQ family members by usinq a multidisciplinary team approach to <br />investiqations. This team is made up of representatives from the CAC the County/District <br />Attornev's Office, local law enforcement aqencies and Child Protective Services Children involved <br />in investiqations of abuse are now brouqht to one location a larqe finro-story house desiqned to be a <br />neutra{, child-friendly place for families to come during fihe investiqation process Representatives <br />from each aqencv involved meet at this focation to collaborate on each case Child victims are <br />interviewed bv one person, a forensic interviewer, trained to talk with children about these <br />situations. A forensic interviewer is trained to elicit information from children in a non-leadinq non- <br />threateninq manner that is leqallv defensible and will stand up in courtThe interview is viewed bv <br />the other professionals involved throuqh a closed-circuit camera system Every effort is made to <br />ensure that all information is obtained in one interview so that the child does not have to repeat <br />details of abuse over and over aqain. CAC staff members then provide follow uq services for <br />families and are available to assist them as their case makes its wav throuqh the criminal iustice <br />system. Established in 1999, the CAC has served 2,268 children and their non-offending family <br />members. The averaqe number of children served per vear is 235 Approximately 72% of all <br />children served bv the Center live in Lamar Countv and 60% of all the children served live in the <br />Citv of Paris. <br />Since its inception, the CAC has continued to expand its services to better meet fhe needs of child <br />victims and their non-offendinq family members. The CAC currently provides onsite sexual assault <br />exams bv hiqhlv trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) The Rainbow Room is an <br />emerqencv resource room for children involved in CPS investigations and for children being placed <br />in foster care Other services include but are not limited to: court accomqaniment assistance with <br />Crime Victim's Comqensation claims and mental health referrals This vear the CAC is workinq to <br />establish a Druq Endanqered Children (DEC) proqram to work with children who suffer phvsical or <br />emotional risk as a resutt of ille al druq use manufacturing cultivation or distribution <br />City Revised 6/10/08 <br />- - 77 <br />
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