Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley's Fox Valley Child Advocacy Center provides assessments to children who may have been harmed. The goal of the center is to protect children from abuse and provide resources to help them heal.
Location
Concorde Building 325 N. Commercial St., Suite 400 Neenah, WI 54956 Phone: (920) 969-7930
Services
In addition to providing case reviews, expert court testimony and professional consultations, the Fox Valley Child Advocacy Center provides the following services:
Child abuse assessment: The assessment process includes a complete medical examination and an interview by a social worker specially trained to work with traumatized children. All work is carefully documented on videotape or DVD to meet judicial standards.
Referral: Following assessment, suspected victims of abuse will be referred by center staff members to psychological counselors, family counselors, medical care and psychiatric and developmental rehabilitation specialists in their home communities who can aid in their recovery.
Case tracking and data collection: The center tracks outcomes on all cases for evaluation and services. Information tracked includes types of maltreatment, relationship of the alleged offender to the child, child protection outcomes and exposure to domestic violence.
Professional and community education: The center provides ongoing training to law enforcement officers, social workers, physicians, nurses and other professionals in northeastern Wisconsin, and facilitate the sharing of research in investigative techniques.
Foster care health checks: A complete physical is provided for all children entering a foster-care environment.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, serving Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and
Michigan's Upper Peninsula and beyond through nationally-recognized programs.
