Escambia County Regional Child Advocacy Center

The Escambia County Regional Child Advocacy Center was founded in 2002 to facilitate and support the multidisciplinary team approach to the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse, severe physical abuse and neglect and to ensure that child victims and their nonoffending families receive a wide range of services designed to meet their needs.  

Prior to the development of Child Advocacy Centers, children endured embarassment and trauma when disclosing abuse because they were made to discuss these traumatic events in the prinicipal's office, police stations, at DHR and in the home where the abuse had occurred.  With contiuned funding and support, children are able to be serviced in a child friendly facility designed for child victims and their families.