As we start a new year its time to revisit how it began…
Advocacy Network for Children, formerly known as Children’s Action Network, is a not for profit organization. Our agency was established in 1990 as a Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Adams County. In 1999, the agency expanded and started its first Children’s Advocacy Center in Adams County. Since then, CAC programs have been added in Brown Cass, Hancock, Pike, McDonough, Morgan, Scott and Schuyler counties. CASA has also grown to include programs in Brown Cass, Hancock, Pike, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Scott and Schuyler counties. For more details, read our About Us page.
In the beginning, the agency focused on the recruitment, training and supervision of volunteers to speak in the best interest of abused or neglected children in the court system. As the agency broadened its mission to serve abused children in the community, it opened its doors of the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) in Adams County.
Our mission 35 years ago matches our mission today… quite simply – to protect and uphold the rights of children when wrongs have been committed against them, to help abused or neglected children have safe permanent homes where they can thrive, to act as a powerful voice in these children’s best interests and to educate the public about the plight of abused children.
Our monthly newsletters serve as a reminder of what we have, and will continue to achieve. You can read them here. They’re interesting! And short! Give it a go!
