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What will be the final grade?

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 14, 2020 / Tags: Church of Latter-day Saints, clergy, faith-based, mandated reporters

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I came across an article posted on Facebook that talked about a woman who was suing her church because they did not warn her husband that, by confessing he abused a child, it would be reported and investigated. The church (The

Which do you choose? Action or Silence

Posted by: cacjc / Mar 13, 2019 / Tags: PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, R Kelly

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Have any of you been following the R Kelly sexual abuse scandal? I have to say that even though I have heard a lot of things in my career some of this is just down right unbelievable. But I somehow believe

Today. Right Now. I Am Hopeful.

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 22, 2018 / Tags: consent, hope, sexual assault, Women's Suffrage Movement

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County As I sat down to write this blog, I sort of hit a mental block about what I wanted to talk about. Not something that happens to me frequently. Ask my husband and he will tell you I am a woman of

My Spin: Oregon’s Top Rank Registered Sex Offenders

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 31, 2018 / Tags: #BackTo SchoolCAC, 5 Steps to Protect Our Children, Back to School, Gorp's Secret, Oregon Sex Offender Registry, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, Sex Offenders, Sherri Chessen, Stewards of Children, Tammi Pitzen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County School has started back. At my house we are shifting back to “normal” schedule. You know—the regular routine. 6:30 wake up. 7:12 out the door for school and work. 6:00 get home. 6:15 start our reading homework. 6:45 do the rest of

USA Women Gymnasts Show Our Daughters That You Can Tell

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 2, 2018 / Tags: 2018 Winter Olympics, Curling, Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics Program, women athletes

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This is an Olympic year. I mean that quite literally. This year athletes will compete in the Winter Olympics. The very best of the best in just about every sporting event you can think of. Recently my son and I were learning

“My family survived” because of the CAC

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 9, 2017 / Tags: Cherish a Child Luncheon 2017, Grand Jury, Lori Phillips, Multi-disciplinary team, navigating the legal system, non-offending parent

This is a speech by Lori Phillips The year was 1993. My oldest daughter, Jennifer, came to me one evening and disclosed a horrific truth. Her father had sexually molested her. She was 11 years old that year. The specific abuse had taken place many years before. She had blocked it out, only to

Taylor Swift changed the conversation (and maybe the world)

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 19, 2017 / Tags: d, David Mueller, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift Lawsuit

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Last month Taylor Swift was awarded one dollar in a law suit against D.J. David Mueller. If you do not know the story, here is the short version. A few years ago, Taylor Swift was in Denver at a Meet ‘N Greet

What the Bill Cosby Mistrial Means for Us

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 21, 2017 / Tags: Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby, Cosby Mistrial, Drugs, Judge Steven O'Neil, Katie Wilson

Recently we all watched as the Bill Cosby trial came to an end in a mistrial. It seems so hard to understand how this could happen when he admitted to giving drugs to the victim so that he could have sex with her. For those of us immersed in this work, that admission is a

Hope for the Future of Foster Siblings

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 17, 2017 / Tags: Children's Home New Orleans, foster care workers, foster children, foster siblings, HB2216, Hidden Heros, Legislative Days for the Oregon Network of Child Abuse Intervention Centers, Louisiana, Oregon, Portland, Salem Oregon, Sibling Bill of Rights, The Oregon Foster Youth Connection, transgender foster child

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Last week I had the opportunity to participate in Legislative Days for the Oregon Network of Child Abuse Intervention Centers (The State Network for agencies like the Children Advocacy Center of Jackson County). Last week was one of those weeks that took

A child shares a secret-what happens next? Why CAC Matters

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 17, 2016 / Tags: criminal and child protections investigation, Multi-disciplinary team, You Matter

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I often contemplate late at night, when I think of the children that come through the center, and worry if their needs are getting met or if they are safe or what could we do to make it better. Does the CAC

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