April 5, 2023

April is Child Abuse Prevention month and April 4th, 2023 was Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) Day in South Carolina. Hundreds of professionals and CAC supporters joined Attorney General Alan Wilson, the South Carolina Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers (SCNCAC), Children’s Trust of South Carolina, and members of the General Assembly for the 12th Annual Children’s [...]

March 24, 2023

On March 23, 2023 the Dorchester Children's Advocacy Center held a ribbon cutting for their newly renovated Summerville Center. The event was held jointly with a Chamber After Hours Event. The Children's Advocacy Center thanked the HDR Foundation and Silent Tears Foundation for providing grants that paid for the bathroom renovations, and new furnishings. They [...]

March 24, 2023

On February 28th, 2023, our Children's Advocacy Center in Anderson and Oconee Counties held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the rebranding of First Light. First Light is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency that encompasses three programs: Sexual Trauma Center, Child Advocacy Center, and Prevent Child Abuse. Foothills Alliance was formed when three agencies were merged in [...]

January 29, 2023

In 2022, Children’s Advocacy Centers in South Carolina provided services to 12,897 children. This represents a 16% increase over children served in 2021. To better understand these numbers, it helps to look back several years to when reliable statewide service numbers for Children’s Advocacy Centers became available. In 2009, South Carolina Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) [...]

December 24, 2022

Our December 2022 newsletter is now available. It contains information on child abuse protocol training, safeguarding equity for children, JCLCC public hearings, CAC facility dogs, CSEC training, initial VSP training, and much more. The newsletter also highlights ways to support our work during the holiday season. Read Newsletter

October 15, 2022

The South Carolina Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers General Counsel, Candice Lively, testified before the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children during the committee’s fall hearing in Columbia on October 12, 2022. Lively spoke with the committee about forensic interviews of children and how the SCNCAC Forensic Interview Recording Evidence Management system protects these [...]

October 15, 2022

The South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Executive Director, Tom Knapp, testified before the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children during the committee's fall hearing in Florence on September 20, 2022. Knapp spoke with the committee about forensic interviews of children during an investigative response to child abuse and the importance of protecting [...]

April 6, 2022

As part of Child Abuse Prevention month, the 11th Annual Children’s Advocacy Center Day was April 5th, and the office of the Attorney General hosted a press conference which was attended by Children’s Advocacy Center leaders and supporters from across South Carolina. In addition to those joining in person, hundreds of Children’s Advocacy Center staff, [...]

March 25, 2022

April is Child Abuse Awareness month and April 5th, 2022 is Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) Day in South Carolina. Many professionals and CAC supporters will join Attorney General Alan Wilson, the South Carolina Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, Children’s Trust of South Carolina, and Silent Tears for the 11th Annual Children’s Advocacy Center Day. You [...]

October 26, 2021

Summerville, SC - The Dorchester Children's Advocacy Center (DCAC) offers 3 different Kids Care Programs year-round. The Kids Care Programs assist DCAC families in providing essential items for the children receiving services at the center. These programs are an important service offered by DCAC because many of the caregivers utilizing DCAC services have taken in [...]