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Therapy Department Update March 2024

Empowering Healing: Insights into CACJC’s Therapy Department At the Children Advocacy Center of Jackson County (CACJC), the heart of our mission lies in fostering support and healing to children who have faced trauma. Central to our mission is the Therapy Department, a team uniquely equipped to address the multifaceted needs of children and their caregivers

A Bright Future

By Claudia Cervantes, Protect Our Children Project Bilingual Training Coordinator Recently I attended the Regional Meeting of Coordinators of the Protect Our Children Project that took place in Eugene. It was a full day of inspiration and learning, and I can certainly say that after the first conference, I was not the same person. Now

Un futuro brillante

By Claudia Cervantes, Bilingual Training Coordinator for the Protect Our Children Project Recientemente asistí al Encuentro Regional de Coordinadores del Proyecto Protegiendo a Nuestros Niños que tuvo lugar en Eugene. Fue un día completo de inspiración y aprendizaje, y sin duda puedo puedo decir que después de la primera conferencia, yo ya no era la

The Many Faces of Healing: Tasha

  My name is Tasha.  I used to live with my mom and my dad.  I used to do things that made my mom get mad at me and tell me I was bad.  I had a secret that I wanted to tell her — but I was scared –so I would do things that

My secret.

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County January is here again.  Halfway over and then on to February.  I don’t typically get very personal on this blog.  However it seems timely to talk about secondary trauma and what that might look like in a child.  I say timely because

“My family survived” because of the CAC

  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

Spotlight on a Volunteer: Samantha Bohling

When did you start volunteering at the Children’s Advocacy Center? I started volunteering at the Children’s Advocacy Center on September 20, 2017. How did you become familiar with the Center, how did you find out? I became familiar with the Center through two sources: A list of possible internship facilities through the SOU website, as

“Jayden” benefits from the Caring for Kids Campaign

By Theresa Hart, Development Director for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County In March, we created three stories of children who have received services in our Medical Department for our Caring for Kids Campaign. These stories were based on real life experiences of children who had received services in our Medical Department. The details
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A Building Bridges Adventure with the CAC kids

By Virginia Sagal, Communication & Outreach Coordinator, The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County The kids were waiting, very excited for the bus to arrive and take them to the Sanctuary One at Double Oak Farm! There they would get a tour of the farm. The tour would include visiting with all the Sanctuary One