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A Tale of Two Kids: Why CAC Matters

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 18, 2019 / Tags: abused children, Allegations of Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Investigator, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Child Protection Worker, child sexual abuse, Children Advocacy Centers

A True Story by Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I want to tell you a story today of a child. A child that I know. She is not a child that had the benefit of receiving services through the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). But she is why I

The Many Faces of Healing: Emily

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 20, 2018 / Tags: abused children, Cherish a Child Luncheon 2017, reporting child abuse

Emily, a ten year old intellectually disabled child, came to the Children’s Advocacy Center as result of concerns for her safety. A teacher noticed that this normally very polite, quiet child began having problems in school. Emily began acting out sexually on the playground. The teacher became concerned and made a report. Emily’s medical

Tammi Pitzen: The 26th anniversary of living my passion

Posted by: cacjc / Dec 15, 2016 / Tags: abused children, passion, Tammi Pitzen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County In 1989, I started this quest into the field of child abuse as an intern on the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office child abuse team. It was made up of two women detectives. I graduated in 1990 from Northeast Louisiana University. (They changed

Foster Children: The stars in the tornadoes

Posted by: cacjc / Jul 4, 2015 / Tags: 4th of July, abused children, foster care system, Foster child, foster children, pain of foster children, Removed Remember my Story, throw away children

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County When I was a caseworker I was often asked why I did what I did. How could I stand to see the pain and sorrow of small children on a daily basis? How could I see the struggling parents trying to do

707 Victims of Child Abuse in Jackson County

Posted by: cacjc / Mar 13, 2015 / Tags: abused children, Child Abuse Prevention Month, child sexual abuse, Donate Now, invisible victims, Jackson County Oregon, reporting child abuse, Tammi Pitzen, volunteering

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County In preparation for April’s child abuse prevention and awareness activities, I have been looking at a lot of child abuse numbers . . . statistics etc. I do not believe that the numbers ever tell the full story. In Jackson County in

Stephen Collins: Why did no one make a report?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 10, 2014 / Tags: 7th Heaven, abused children, celebrities, child sexual abuse, Hollywood, offenders, reporting child abuse, Stephen Collins

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This morning started as most any other morning. I got to the office early before anyone was here. I went up to my office. Checked email. Checked voice mail. Everything was going well until I checked Facebook. Circulating was a story on Stephen

7 things I learned while dreaming of Hollywood

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 9, 2014 / Tags: abused children, child sexual abuse, Tammi Pitzen, volunteering

By Tammi Pitzen As a young child I always dreamed that I would do something great with my life. Not the “you do good work kind of thing”, but the grandiose Hollywood kind of thing. I was never sure what that would be — but was certain that it would happen. When I hit my

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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