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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

September 10, 2021

Columbia SC - On September 9, 2021, leaders from Children's Advocacy Centers across South Carolina attended the signing of the South Carolina Child Abuse Response Protocol Act. This legislation ensures all children will have access to the best practice and trauma informed services services Children's Advocacy Centers and multidisciplinary teams provide regardless of where they [...]

September 9, 2021

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster was joined today by Lieutenant Governor Pamela S. Evette, members of the General Assembly, and children advocacy leaders for a ceremonial bill signing of S.229, the Child Abuse Response Protocol Act. The act establishes a statewide protocol to effectively and efficiently respond to child abuse cases. The legislation formalizes [...]