Inside a CAC
A child’s recovery begins with being believed and supported.
New Hampshire’s Child Advocacy Centers are designed to make children and their families feel comfortable. Our waiting rooms are filled with toys, and our interview rooms are quiet and comfortable. Children tell their stories to a single, trusted interviewer while other professionals observe on a closed circuit television system.
Confidentiality and respect for family privacy is very important to us. Our centers have separate areas for private conversations and interviews are scheduled so only one family is at a center at a time.
We also understand that everyone in the family may be traumatized. At our centers, every family is greeted by a crisis service advocate, and at no time is a child or family member left alone.
Our goals are to aid in the successful prosecution of child abuse crimes, and to do so in a manner that begins the healing for victims.
