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Psychological First Aid Guide

When an extraordinary event has threatened the physical or psychological well-being of their team, Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) leaders may need guidance to support their staff. The Psychological First Aid (PFA-CAC) Guide for Children’s Advocacy Center Supervisors provides information about supporting CAC staff after a critical incident has occurred.

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STS Blueprint: A Guide to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress at Children’s Advocacy Centers

CAC professionals are regularly exposed to child trauma as part of their work, and this exposure can lead to secondary traumatic stress (STS), which can have negative impacts on both professionals and organizations if left unaddressed. The STS Blueprint: A Guide to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Children’s Advocacy Centers was designed to help CACs develop an organizational plan to address secondary traumatic stress among CAC staff.  

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Guide for CACs: Planning for the Unexpected

This guide addresses the importance of being prepared and resilient, offering ideas for CACs to navigate disruptions and shift to alternative plans when necessary.

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Chapters

NCA and RCACs Support for Chapters

To support the network of Chapter organizations around the country, the Regional CACs and the NCA offer a number of services.
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Multidisciplinary Team

Multidisciplinary Team Facilitator Training Guide

This guide lists training opportunities for multidisciplinary team facilitators offered by the four Regional CACs.
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Mental Health, Organizational Management

Mental Health Linkage Agreement

This Sample Linkage Agreement created by the Regional CACs is a resource for CACs establishing mental health referral, assessment, and treatment services for CAC clients.
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Medical, Organizational Management

Medical Linkage Agreement

This Sample Linkage Agreement is a resource for CACs establishing medical referral, assessment, and treatment services for CAC clients through partnerships with other community organizations.
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Chapters

Chapter Guide: Facilitating Peer Learning Cohorts for CACs

This guide is designed to help Chapters develop and facilitate successful peer learning cohorts for Children’s Advocacy Center staff.
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Multidisciplinary Team

Beyond Case Review: The Value of the Role of Team Facilitator in the Multidisciplinary Team/Children’s Advocacy Model

Also known as MDT coordinators, team facilitators can be vital to helping a team be the best team it can be.
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Organizational Management

The Outcomes Framework

This framework provides a beginning point for individual CACs, networks of CACs, Chapters, and national networks to choose measures appropriate to their needs.
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Organizational Management

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Guide for CACs: Planning for the Unexpected

This guide addresses the importance of being prepared and resilient, offering ideas for CACs to navigate disruptions and shift to alternative plans when necessary.
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Organizational Management, Victim Advocacy

Supervisor Manual for the Field Guide to Family Advocacy

This manual is a companion guide to the Field Guide to Family Advocacy and is geared toward professionals who supervise family advocates.
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Organizational Management, Secondary Traumatic Stress

STS Blueprint: A Guide to Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress at Children’s Advocacy Centers

This guide was designed to help CACs develop an organizational plan to address secondary traumatic stress among CAC staff.
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Chapters

Statewide Case Management System: Readiness Guide for State Chapters

Chapters can use data for quality improvement initiatives, to undertake collaborative research projects, to identify trends, and to make more compelling cases for funding proposals.
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Organizational Management, Secondary Traumatic Stress

Psychological First Aid Guide for Children’s Advocacy Center Supervisors

The PFA-CAC Guide provides a descriptive overview of concepts and practices for any supervisor to employ when a critical incident has occurred in the CAC
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Chapters

Providing Training to CACs Readiness Guide for State Chapters

This guide includes a how-to-use section, project considerations, and readiness focus areas, followed by next steps.
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Chapters, Multidisciplinary Team

Multidisciplinary Team Enhancement Initiative Readiness Guide for State Chapters

The MDT Enhancement Initiative, at its core, is a return to the heart of the CAC model.
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Tribal Community Resources

Listen and Learn A Process for Initiating Collaboration between Tribal Communities and Children’s Advocacy Centers

This guide will help CAC professionals who are interested in building relationships with tribal communities.
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Organizational Management

Human Resources Toolkit

The HR toolkit includes an initial checklist to enhance your HR practices followed by several resources and tools.
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Chapters

Grant Administration Initiative Chapter Readiness Guide

This guide is intended to provoke thoughtful questions and conversations that will serve your organization in assessing organizational readiness.
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Multidisciplinary Team

Field Guide for MDT Facilitators

This guide was initially developed for full-time Team Facilitators at Children’s Advocacy Centers to help define the purpose of the Team Facilitator role, providing essential skills, tools and mindsets.
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Organizational Management

Executive Evaluation

One of a nonprofit board's most important responsibilities is to evaluate the executive director.
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Forensic Interviewing, Multidisciplinary Team

Considerations for the Multidisciplinary Team and Children’s Advocacy Center Approach to Recantation

This paper outlines research from the past decade related to children’s disclosure of abuse, caregiver support, and recantation.
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Organizational Management

Competency Review Spreadsheet

Meaningfully evaluating staff is crucial to an environment of continuous improvement and excellence within your organization.
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Organizational Management

Board Bundle for CACs and Chapters

Each tool is designed to provide you with concrete, useful tools to envision, recruit, and evaluate the board of a CAC or Chapter.
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Multidisciplinary Team, Organizational Management

Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior: Recommendations for the Multidisciplinary Team and Children’s Advocacy Center Response

This white paper focuses on how cases of children ages 12 and younger who initiate PSB, the child victim(s), and their families can be successfully served by CACs and MDTs.
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