Date
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Name
Children's Advocacy Centers: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges in Trafficking Response
Track
Multi-Disciplinary Team
Speakers
Elizabeth Bouchard, The Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County
Kelly Kinnish, National Center on Child Trafficking, Georgia State University, School of Public Health
Naeshia McDowell, Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia
Rhiannon Reaves, Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
Kelly Kinnish, National Center on Child Trafficking, Georgia State University, School of Public Health
Naeshia McDowell, Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia
Rhiannon Reaves, Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
Description
CACs are youth-centered settings that often play a central role in trafficking response. Many strengths of CACs match key aspects of effective response, including trauma-informed services, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and case management and advocacy. We will provide an overview of CACs as well as engage in robust discussion of challenges and obstacles faced by CACs, and review innovative specialized programs developed and coordinated through individual CACs and state chapter organizations.