The Child Advocacy Center
Mandated Reporter
The Mandated Reporter Training is created for professionals working with children. This training is designed to empower adults to report any suspicion of child abuse and/or neglect.
Professionals will:
- Recognize signs or indicators of abuse/neglect
- Understand their legal roles and responsibilities
- Learn appropriate ways to respond to a child’s disclosure
- Familiarize themselves with the hotline process
THE FACTS
In 2023, we provided sexual abuse prevention education to 51,562 children
In 2023, 1,142 children received forensic interviews about alleged abuse.
In 2023, 766 of our forensic interviews involved sexual abuse
60% of child sexual abuse victims never tell.
90% of child sexual abuse is by someone the child likes, loves, or lives with.
1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before the age of 18.
Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S. each year.
Sex offenders are 3.5x more likely to confess if a child has had a forensic interview at a child advocacy center