Summary
Organization name
Grayson County Children's Advocacy Center
Causes
Youth & Children
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Grayson
Address
910 Cottonwood DrSherman, TX 75090
Grayson County Children's Advocacy Center
A nonprofit organization
$200 raised by 2 donors
4% complete
$5,000 Goal
Since opening our doors in 2004, the Grayson County Children’s Advocacy Center has been a beacon of hope and healing for thousands of children who have experienced the trauma of abuse. For more than 20 years, we have dedicated ourselves to ensuring that every child receives the comprehensive services and compassionate support they need to begin their journey toward recovery.
Before the CAC existed, children often had to recount their painful experiences over and over, to police officers, CPS investigators, attorneys, and medical professionals, further compounding their trauma. Today, children tell their story just once to a specially trained forensic interviewer, while investigators observe. The recorded interview protects the child from having to relive their trauma again and again.
Our services extend beyond the interview room. We provide on-site Sexual Assault Nurse Examinations (both acute and non-acute), trauma-specific mental health therapy delivered by nationally certified clinicians, and family advocacy that connects caregivers to vital resources such as housing, medical care, and financial support.
Our therapists specialize in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidence-based treatment proven to help children heal from the effects of trauma. Through prevention programs, education, and advocacy, we also work to stop abuse before it begins.
All of our services are offered free of charge to children and families. For more than two decades, we have stood with the children of Grayson County, and we will continue to be here: Every Child. Every Service. Every Effort.
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Mission
Our mission is to provide services for the purpose of prevention, intervention, investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse in an effort to reduce the potential for additional trauma by promoting recovery of the child victim and non-offending family members.
Equity Statement
A continuing goal of the CAC is for all staff and volunteers to possess knowledge and skills to assess individual client cultures and to work with the client to integrate components of that culture into a care and treatment plan; to be open to learning the ways of others and willing to see past stereotypes; to suspend judgment; to remember that individuals are unique even within cultural groups; to adopt an attitude of service; and to accept responsibility to address cultural diversity.
The CAC’s work environment will promote the highest levels of performance and integrity from its employees and volunteers. In keeping with this commitment, the CAC will continue to create a diverse workforce where employees are valued as individuals who, together with the interagency partners, comprise the working multidisciplinary team. The team will provide services to a diverse population regardless of gender, ethnicity, race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental challenges, marital status or any other cultural descriptors.
Members of the team will promote cultural awareness of other ethnic groups, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and/or beliefs. The CAC exists to serve all troubled families in a dignified, respectful, and ethical manner. Client’s families may come from varied backgrounds; however, the attitude toward these families will be present during service provision. Thus, CAC personnel will strive to be sensitive to others and remember that these troubled families have come for help, first and foremost.
All employees and volunteers, in working with others will not only value diversity but will:
• Be conscious of the dynamics that are inherent when cultures interact,
• Accept, appreciate, and accommodate cultural differences,
• Accept and respect differences,
• Accept their own culture in relation to other cultures,
• Understand the dynamics of when cultures intersect,
• Share cultural knowledge,
• Seek out knowledge, develop skills to interact with diverse environments, and become comfortable with other in multicultural settings, and
• Develop necessary adaptations when delivering services which reflect an understanding of diversity between and within cultures.
These elements will be demonstrated in all services and programs delivered by the CAC.
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Organization Data
Sherman, TX 75090