Arizona Advocacy Centers |
What is an Advocacy Center?
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An Advocacy Center is a comprehensive, victim focused program based in a facility that allows law enforcement, child protection professionals, prosecutors, victim advocates, forensic interviewers, medical professionals and mental health providers to work together when intervening in and investigating violent crimes against children and adults. Advocacy Centers are designed by communities to meet their own needs, so there are many types of facilities in which centers exist. The overall goal of all Advocacy Centers is to ensure that the victims that are entrusted to the centers are not further victimized by the systems that are designed to protect them.
Learn more about the Arizona Child & Family Advocacy Network.
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Where is the closest Advocacy Center to my family?
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| Arizona Map of ACFAN Advocacy Centers |
1. Amberly's Place
1350 W Colorado St
Yuma, AZ 85364
928-373-0849 - Crisis Response Services
2. Childhelp Childrens Center of Arizona
2346 N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-271-4500
3. Childhelp Mobile Childrens Center of Northern AZ
1200 N Beaver
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
4. City of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center
2120 N Central Ave Ste 250
Phoenix, AZ 85004
5. Gila Family Advocacy Center
616 S. Beeline Hwy
Payson, AZ 85541
928-472-4544
6. H.A.V.E.N. Family Resource Center
2818 Sweetwater Ave
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405
928-505-3153
7. Mesa Police Department Center Against Family Violence
130 North Robson
Mesa, AZ 85201
480-644-4075
8. Northern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault - NACASA
5200 E Cortland Blvd Ste B5
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
928-773-7670
9. Pascua Yaqui Tribe Childrens Advocacy Center
4730 W Calle Tetakusim
Tucson, AZ 85746
520-879-5777
10. Pinal County Attorney's Family Advocacy Center
PO Box 2840
Arizona City, AZ 85223
520-866-7500
11. Safe Child Center at Flagstaff Medical Center
1200 N Beaver St
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
928-773-2053
12. Sarah's House
1770 Airway Ave
Kingman, AZ 86401
928-718-5522
13. Scottsdale Family Advocacy Center
10225 E Via Linda
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
480-312-6300
14. Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Abuse
1600 N. Country Club
Tucson, AZ 85716
520-327-7273
15. Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center
2329 E. Ajo Way
Tucson, AZ 85713
520-243-6420
16. Southwest Family Advocacy Center
Serves Avondale, Goodyear, and Buckeye
623-333-7900
17. West Valley Advocacy Center
6829 N 57th Ave
Glendale, AZ 85301
623-930-3747
18. Yavapai Family Advocacy Center
PO Box 26495
Prescott Valley, AZ 86312
928-775-0669
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More about Advocacy Centers
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- A study by the Crimes Against Children Research Center, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, found children at children's advocacy centers were more likely to get medical examinations and referrals to mental health services, and parents were more satisfied with the job investigators are doing. According to another study, conducted by the National Children's Advocacy Center, on a case by case basis, traditional investigations were 36% more expensive than investigations conducted in a community with a children's advocacy center.
- Impact of the Mesa Center Against Family Violence on Child Abuse Investigations[pdf]* by Gene Siegel, M.A., Children's Justice Project Consultant.
"This study involved a comparative analysis of child abuse investigations conducted in the Mesa area before and after the opening of the Center Against Family Violence (CAFV)." Cases included serious physical and sexual abuse cases investigated by the Mesa Police Department and/or Arizona's Child Protective Services during 1995 - 1998. Findings indicate positive effects of the CAFV and resulting benefits to child victims. |
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