2020 and 2021 brought tremendous cuts (64%) to victim service funding. Small agencies like the Children’s Advocacy Center of Portage County (CAC), operating with a very conservative team of 5, are especially vulnerable to large grant cuts in funding. Thanks …
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Impact of Covid on Child Abuse Reporting
In 2021 the Children’s Advocacy Center of Portage County provided free services to 337 individuals, 175 children and 162 non-offending caregivers. Although significant service numbers are being delivered this is a decrease in referrals from previous years (26%). The CAC …
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Bowl Against Abuse 2022
Bowl Against Abuse is the Children’s Advocacy Center’s only fundraiser that takes place typically in April, Child Abuse Awareness Month. Due to covid, the fundraiser was cancelled in 2020, however, almost all of the teams and sponsors still donated, allowing …
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