Children's Advocacy Center
| 424 W. Main St Smethport, PA 16749 Phone 814-887-3354 Fax 814-887-3355 |
Mikele Bay Director 814-887-3493 Email: Click Here |
Tonia Hartzell Family Advocate 814-887-3486 Email: Click Here |
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Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean County Mission
The Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean County Multidisciplinary Team are dedicated to serving child victims of abuse and their families by providing collaborative services in a child friendly environment to reduce trauma and promote healing.
What is a Children’s Advocacy Center?
The Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) Model is a child-focused, facility-based program in which representatives from seven core disciplines work together, conducting joint forensic interviews and making team decisions about the investigation, treatment, management and prosecution of child [sexual] abuse.
Agencies Working Together…
The following disciplines from McKean County make up the Multi-Disciplinary Team:
District Attorney’s Office
Child Protective Services
Local Law Enforcement and Pennsylvania State Police
Bradford Regional Medical Center Services – SANE
Victim Advocacy
Mental Health Services
CACMC staff
Juvenile Probation
Services Offered at the Center
The Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean County (CACMC) provides a joint investigative team approach, 2 trained forensic interviewers, victim’s support, and a referral process for medical and mental health services for children.
All services are free and confidential.
All referrals to the Center are made by the District Attorney’s Office, Law Enforcement, and/or Child Protective Services. Once a report of child abuse is made, a referral will be made to the Center.
To report suspected child abuse contact the PA Child Abuse Hotline at
1-800-932-0313
Available 24 hours a day.