Earmark - To provide training and technical assistance to local communities to improve their response to child abuse

Agency:		Department of Justice
Bureau:		Office of Justice Programs
Account:		Juvenile justice program (15-0405)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Director, OBMS
Contact Information:		http://WWW.USDOJ.GOV 202-514-2007

To provide training and technical assistance to local communities to improve their response to child abuse - Regional Children's Advocacy Centers.

4 recipients will receive $2,960,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: 241

Description: To continue to increase the number of facility-based children's advocacy centers (CACs). These CACs will provide coordinated and comprehensive multidisciplinary services to children and families who are victims of abuse and neglect. These centers will target underserved areas in order to introduce the CAC concept and establish CACs, strengthen existing CACs and leverage resources through collaborative projects. See recipients 1-4 below.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Recipient-1 Childrens Advocacy Center For The Pikes Peak Region Inc. (839440496)	$740		Non-Profit	423 South Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO
Recipient-2 National Childrens Advocacy Center Inc. (153598131)	$740		Non-Profit	210 Pratt Avenue Huntsville, AL
Recipient-3 Philadelphia Childrens Alliance (129070368)	$740		Non-Profit	4000 Chestnut Street 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA
Recipient-4 Children's Hospital (78689619)	$740		Non-Profit	2910 Center Point Drive Roseville, MN

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: Pub. L. No. 108-447

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: $3,000,000 Regional Children's Advocacy Centers, as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007