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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted by: cacjc / May 5, 2021

Written by Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County With motherhood comes many worries and many rewards. There is a quote that goes something like, “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed” by Linda Wooten. I think

A Late Mother’s Day Salute

Posted by: cacjc / May 12, 2020 / Tags: Coronavirus, Covid19, Mommy Tribe, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2020, Pandemic

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I am late with my Mother’s Day blog posting this year. It seems that along with all of you, it is taking me longer to get things done because my brain is filled with all things COVID-19. I actually think a

Creating a safer world for our children by raising them to be resilient

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 16, 2019 / Tags: child abuse prevention training, lazy parenting, Protect Our Children Project, Resiliency, tertiary prevention

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Spoiler alert! This is really an opinion piece and personal in some regards. You will be reading a lot of “I” statements and a lot of things that are based on my personal experience. If that interests you then I invite you

Calling All Grandparents!

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 9, 2019 / Tags: Active Bystander, Grandparent, Grandparents, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Project of the Children's Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Stranger Danger

By Betsy Lewis, Internet and Social Media Contractor for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I don’t know about you, but back when I was a parent in the 1980s and ‘90s I didn’t know much about child abuse or how to prevent it. I just assumed it wouldn’t happen to my kids

Sexual abuse, Show Dogs and the sort of apology

Posted by: cacjc / May 24, 2018 / Tags: Global Road Entertainment, Macaroni Kid, Me Too, Show Dogs, Tammi Pitzen, Zen place

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I started this blog four and a half years ago with the intention of providing insights into child abuse through the lens of a professional career in child protection that spanned several decades. Somewhere along the way the focus or lens shifted

“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

Putting kids back together starts at the CAC

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 1, 2017 / Tags: Bylle McCulley, Cherish a Child Luncheon 2017, foster children, foster parent

This post is from a speech by foster parent, Bylle McCulley I would like to share with you my personal experiences while receiving the services of the Children’s Advocacy Center. 10 years ago, my husband and I became foster parents here in Jackson County and we received children on an emergency placement. Usually, our

Celebrating Mother’s Day

Posted by: cacjc / May 13, 2017 / Tags: Mother's Day

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County May is all about our Moms. If we are a Mom, then a small part may be about us. Today I am feeling a little melancholy, as one of my friend’s granddaughters passed away after many health challenges. My heart aches for

The tragedy of Victoria Martens we must prevent in the future

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 17, 2017 / Tags: Meth, New Mexico case, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, Victoria Martens

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Today I am sitting in my office trying to get caught up after the big snow fall in Medford. The office is officially closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is very quiet and peaceful here. I have been

Our New Development Director: Why the CAC?

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 12, 2016 / Tags: Arkansas Department of Human Services, Julia Saemi

By Julia Saemi, Development Director at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County So how does someone with an economics and budgeting background end up as a Development Director of a small non-profit? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten that question in the two months that I’ve been working at the Children’s

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