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The Urban Cork Wine & Dine

Posted by: T Hayes / Apr 16, 2024

Days Hours Minutes Seconds Need More Info? For more event details please contact Monica Clayton @ (541) 840 – 3618 or send us a message here. Thank You For Contributing To The Success of Our Winter Gala! 2024 Winter Gala: Under the Sea Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Children’s Advocacy Center

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

Seeking Regional Assessment Center Medical Director

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 21, 2020

Regional Assessment Center Medical Director Position Open Our organization provides forensic interviews, therapy assessments and services, medical evaluation and treatment, and advocacy and support services to children who have experienced abuse and their non-offending caregivers. The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County is a charter member of the National Children’s Alliance. Our clinic provides between

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

Thank you to Kayli for making a difference

Posted by: cacjc / Mar 19, 2018 / Tags: CAC Medical Assistant and Community Liason, CACJC Intern, Child Abuse in Jackson County Oregon

By Kayli I have been working as the Medical Assistant and Community Liaison at the Children’s Advocacy Center since July 2016. For the year prior to that, I was an intern at the CAC while finishing my degree at SOU. I have absolutely loved my time at the CAC, both as an intern and as

Spotlight on a Volunteer: Hannah Fisher-Tachouet

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 20, 2017

When did you start volunteering at the Children’s Advocacy Center? I started volunteering at the Children’s Advocacy Center in July of 2017. How did you become familiar with the Center? How did you find out? I found out about the Center initially online when I was searching for organizations that I wanted to volunteer

Police Chief O’Meara: Why CAC Matters

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 15, 2016 / Tags: Ashland Oregon, Ashland Oregon Police Department, Cherish a Child Luncheon, Tighe O'Meara

Post by Tighe O’Meara – Ashland, Oregon Police Chief I am going to start off on a dark note, but a real note, and one that needs to be recognized. 1 in 10 children are reported to be sexual assault victims. But let’s go ahead and make it worse, because this doesn’t account for the

Parenting Teens: A Mom’s Story

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 6, 2016 / Tags: Child Abuse Prevention Month, Communication, Communication and Outreach Coordinator, Ginny Sagal, Mother of twins, online, protecting children, teens, texting

By Ginny Sagal, Communication and Outreach Coordinator at the Children’s Advocacy Center Since starting my job as Communication and Outreach Coordinator at CAC, I have had some thoughts about my parenting. Being an older mom with twins has been a wonderful journey. When they were little I would be very careful where they went for

Dylan Farrow and believing child victims of sexual abuse

Posted by: cacjc / Feb 7, 2014 / Tags: child sexual abuse, Dylan Farrow, Mia Farrow, Sexual abuse, Woody Allen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Having spent nearly a quarter of a century working in the field of child protection with a focus on sexual abuse, I am somewhat baffled by this: We as a society have always, and evidently continue to be, aligned with the offenders

The deafening silence surrounding abused children

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 23, 2014 / Tags: abused children, children

By Tammi Pitzen I am the newly hired Executive Director at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County. I have spent the last twenty three years working to protect children from abuse. One can imagine the stories that I have heard in what I refer to as “the small little room”. The small little room

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