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CAC community partners tour new facility

Children in Niagara County who experience abuse and maltreatment have a new child-focused facility designed just for them.
The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara, a service of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, has relocated to the new Golisano Center for Community Health. … Continue reading

Child Fatality Review Team to welcome international expert for local training

The Niagara County Child Fatality Review Team is bringing an internationally recognized expert in Child Abuse Pediatrics here to train local professionals to recognize and respond to child abuse related fatalities.
Lori D. Frasier, M.D., director of the Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children and chief of the Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics, … Continue reading

Niagara Gazette supports Child Abuse Prevention Month

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara has partnered with the Niagara Gazette to encourage the Niagara community to “Stand Up. Step Forward. Report Child Abuse”.
The Gazette has sponsored weekly advertisements in its Sunday editions to support child abuse awareness and reporting during April, … Continue reading

Child Abuse Prevention Month addressed on Channel OSC-21

The Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Good New Broadcast for April 5, 2016 featured Child Advocacy Center of Niagara Director Ann Marie Tucker who highlighted the Center’s Stewards of Children® programs that are being held across Niagara County during the month of April. … Continue reading

Niagara University Take Back the Night

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara will join Niagara University in taking a stand against sexual violence. Take Back the Night will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the steps of the Castellani Art Museum. … Continue reading

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara receives technology grant

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara is one of more than 100 victim service providers to receive a technology grant from the New York State Office of Victim Services. The grant will support updating of computer and other equipment used by CAC staff to assist victims of child abuse and other crimes to file compensation claims for medical bills, … Continue reading

The Oscars honor abuse survivors.

The impact of trauma and abuse was center stage at last night’s Oscars.
Vice President Joe Biden asked the audience to take the pledge: “The pledge says I will intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given. Let’s change the culture, … Continue reading

New Safe Sleep Video

Every year children die under circumstances where unsafe sleep conditions may have played a role. Babies sleep safest alone, on their backs, in a crib with a firm mattress. The New York State Office of Children and Family Services has issued a new video on safe sleep and reducing the risk of SIDS. … Continue reading