April 02, 2024 - York, PA
In light of Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) Executive Director Mike Pennington visited the York Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) today to highlight their work in supporting youth and families impacted by child abuse and providing resources in the aftermath of trauma."Keeping Pennsylvania youth safe and healthy is a top priority of the Shapiro-Davis Administration," Pennington said. "Children's Advocacy Centers give children the opportunity to be seen and heard, and most importantly, feel safe on their healing journey. For the past ten years, PCCD has been proud to support the growth of CACs throughout the Commonwealth so that their services and care can be offered to every child victim of abuse. The York CAC is just one of many exemplary providers that we are fortunate to be able to highlight today."Across Pennsylvania, CACs provide state-of-the-art treatment for the victims of child sexual abuse and child abuse. These centers- which are nationally accredited to provide a trauma-informed, collaborative response- coordinate the initial investigation, medical care, treatment, and other social services for victims while gathering evidence, through age-appropriate forensic interviewing and information sharing among multidisciplinary investigative teams (MDITs), as required by state law. By bringing medical professionals, social workers, prosecutors and police who specialize in child sexual abuse together under one roof, CACs are the most effective way to bring healing and justice to victims of child abuse.List of Speakers:Deborah Harrison, York Children's Advocacy Center Executive DirectorMike Pennington, PCCD Executive DirectorChris Kirchner, Executive Director, Children's Advocacy Centers of PennsylvaniaMissy Page, York Children's Advocacy Center Prevention Coordinator
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