About Us

What is a Child Advocacy Center?

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara is a multi-disciplinary program responding to reports of physical and sexual child abuse.

At the Center, criminal justice, medical and mental health services are coordinated from a single location. Prosecutors, police officers, child protection workers, therapists, victim advocates and medical professionals work together to investigate allegations and to reduce the trauma for children reported as victims by:

providing a comfortable, child-friendly environment for interviews and other services
reducing the number of times the child is interviewed
arranging medical, mental health and victim advocacy services.

Referrals are made to the Center by local law enforcement agencies and child protective services.

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara is an accredited member of the National Children's Alliance, indicating it has met all NCA standars for children's advocacy centers.