The OJJDP FY 09 VOCA Childrens Advocacy Centers Membership and Accreditation Program will provide funding to support a national membership and accreditation organization for childrens advocacy center programs.
Childrens Advocacy Centers provide a coordinated response to victims
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of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from the statutorily mandated and other involved agencies.
The funding will enable the successful applicant to provide services to a national membership body and to implement standards for program accreditation.
This program is authorized under the Victims of Child Abuse Act, 42 U.S.C.
§§113001, 13002; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 111- 8.