About Us
Norfolk Advocates For Children, Inc. (NAC) is the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) of Norfolk County. Across Massachusetts and the United States, Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) are distinguished by their multi-disciplinary, team-oriented and victim-friendly response to child abuse cases. Since the inception of the first CAC in 1985 in Huntsville, Alabama, the number of CACs has grown to over 750 nationally.
The NAC is a partnership of public and private agencies that work together collaboratively to help children who experience physical, sexual and domestic abuse. The NAC offers an immediate response to cases and provides a child-friendly, culturally sensitive and multidisciplinary approach to families. The NAC also provides community training and advocacy on issues related to child abuse prevention and treatment.
Norfolk Advocates For Children was initially awarded national accreditation by the National Children’s Alliance in 2010. The NAC was reaccredited in 2015 and 2020. There will be another application to seek reaccreditation in 2025.
The National Children’s Alliance (NCA) sets national standards for accreditation to ensure that CACs across the country provide the best practices in child friendly, culturally competent, specialized services for child abuse victims and their non-offending family members or caregivers. Norfolk Advocates For Children is a member of the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance (MACA), the state chapter, designed to support CACs across the Commonwealth.
