GUIDELINES/CRITERIA (Please answer these questions individually in narrative format.) Briefly explain your community’s commitment to the long-term goal of developing a fully operational Children’s Advocacy Center; include community support, development of the task force, multidisciplinary commitment, etc. Describe the organizational type of your agency (for example, non-profit organization, government-based agency, component of a hospital or other non-profit organization) Describe your facility. Include whether it is free-standing, shared space, separate space in another agency, etc. Describe your multidisciplinary team make-up. Is representation from: law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, medical, mental health and victims’ advocacy? Will medical and mental health services be provided on-site or through linkages with other appropriate providers? If by other appropriate providers, what is (or will be) their relationship to the Children’s Advocacy Center? Is your CAC conducting case review on a regularly scheduled basis, and is it attended by all MDT representative disciplines? Describe your agency’s work towards the implementation of the standards for accreditation. In to process your application for associate membership, a letter of recommendation from an NCA chapter in your state is required. This letter must directly reference the applicant’s readiness for associate membership. Please include this letter in your application. You may also include letters of recommendation from Accredited NCA members, a member of the NCA Board of Directors, or the Director of your Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, but these will not supplant the required letter from the NCA chapter. Please attach to your application the signed interagency agreement and MDT protocols.
GUIDELINES/CRITERIA (Please answer these questions individually in narrative format.) Briefly explain your community’s commitment to the long-term goal of developing a fully operational Children’s Advocacy Center; include community support, development of the task force, multidisciplinary commitment, etc. Describe the organizational type of your agency (for example, non-profit organization, government-based agency, component of a hospital or other non-profit organization) Describe your facility. Include whether it is free-standing, shared space, separate space in another agency, etc. Describe your multidisciplinary team make-up. Is representation from: law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, medical, mental health and victims’ advocacy? Will medical and mental health services be provided on-site or through linkages with other appropriate providers? If by other appropriate providers, what is (or will be) their relationship to the Children’s Advocacy Center? Is your CAC conducting case review on a regularly scheduled basis, and is it attended by all MDT representative disciplines? Describe your agency’s work towards the implementation of the standards for accreditation. In to process your application for associate membership, a letter of recommendation from an NCA chapter in your state is required. This letter must directly reference the applicant’s readiness for associate membership. Please include this letter in your application. You may also include letters of recommendation from Accredited NCA members, a member of the NCA Board of Directors, or the Director of your Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, but these will not supplant the required letter from the NCA chapter. Please attach to your application the signed interagency agreement and MDT protocols.
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