Children who are abused often are filled with loneliness, fear, pain and darkness. The Children’s Advocacy Center of Catawba County and a strong network of community partners work to create a refuge from that darkness. The Children’s Advocacy Center is a child-focused and family-friendly place for victims and their non-offending family member. Here they begin the healing process.

The CAC wants to assure the victims and their family that they are not alone. To minimize the trauma an abused child can suffer, the CAC is designed to enhance the coordination between agencies and professionals involved in the process. The CAC offers a child-focused place where children can be interviewed jointly by professionals during an investigation. The CAC strives to stop the cycle of child abuse and neglect. It works to increase public awareness of the issues surrounding the trauma that results in the life of the abuse child, the family and the community.