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What is a CAC?
Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) provide a safe, neutral, and child-friendly environment where children and families receive coordinated support following allegations of abuse or exposure to violence. Through a multidisciplinary team approach, CACs offer advocacy, forensic interviewing, counseling referrals, and resources designed to promote healing, safety, and justice.
Our Mission
The Dickinson Area Child Advocacy Center's mission aims to enhance the coordinated team response in our community, ensuring every child receives compassionate, developmentally appropriate care and support throughout the investigative process and beyond.
The Dickinson Area Child Advocacy Center (DACAC) serves Dickinson, Iron, Florence, and Northern Marinette Counties.
The MDT
CACs operate within a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
MDTs are made up of professionals from different areas of expertise working towards the same goal: seeking justice and healing for child victims.
The CAC’s multidisciplinary team comprises all the professionals and agencies needed to offer comprehensive services to child victims and their families, including law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, mental health, medical, and victim advocacy.
Forensic Interviews
A forensic interview of a child is a developmentally sensitive and legally sound method of gathering factual information regarding allegations of abuse/neglect, or exposure to violence.
This interview is conducted by a competently trained, neutral professional utilizing research and practice-informed techniques as part of a larger investigative process.
Advocacy
When children and their nonoffending family members arrive at a child advocacy center, they come with different life experiences, backgrounds, and needs.
The Role of the Advocate includes:
- Helping children and families feel safe and heard.
- Providing reassurance and comfort during a difficult time.
- Explaining the investigative process in a child-friendly way.
- Informing caregivers about their rights and available services.
- Linking families to therapy, medical care, legal aid, housing, or financial assistance.
- Coordinating with community services to meet the family's needs.
- Assisting families in immediate distress.
- Helping manage emotional reactions and safety concerns.
- Following up with families after the initial visit.
- Advocating for the child’s needs in school, court, or other settings.
How the CAC model works:
Contact Us
Contact Information:
Family and Child Advocate: (906) 828-5920
Forensic Interviewer/Advocate: (906) 221-7689
CAC Coordinator/Forensic Interviewer: (906) 828-5656
Location:
1711 South Stephenson Avenue, Iron Mountain, MI, USA
Hours of Operation:
Business Hours: Monday through Friday, by appointment only.
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