Día de los Muertos
Today, we hosted a Day of the Dead celebration in our Family Hope Center. Clients and their families learned more about the holiday, enjoyed snacks, listened to traditional music and made sugar skulls to take …
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Child Life Practicum
Calling all child life/development students: the deadline to apply for our spring semester child life practicum is Saturday, October 1! Apply today to join our extraordinary team and help our clients and their siblings relax, …
Legacy Table Project
Just a few weeks ago, this table in our Family Hope Center was looking a little worn, so our child life team invited clients to help fix it up. Now, it’s completely covered in our …
15th Anniversary Event
We spent the day at our annual staff BBQ celebrating our staff, partners, supporters and the more than 30,000 children and families we’ve served since opening doors in 2001. Thanks to all who have been …
Outstanding Service Awards 2016
2016 marks Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center’s 15th anniversary serving children and families affected by sexual and physical abuse. Since opening our doors in 2001, we’ve served more than 30,000 children and families in Chicago. In addition …
Release: Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, Public Building Commission Celebrate Center’s 15th Anniversary
(Chicago) – On August 4, 2016, the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) will join Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) at the new addition to their facility, 1240 S. Damen, for the Center’s15th anniversary celebration …
2016 Merit Award
We were thrilled to be honored with a Chicago Building Congress 2016 Merit Award for our new addition! Congratulations and thank you to Holabird & Root and the Public Building Commission for all of their work to create the beautiful new spaces where our families heal, our community learns and our staff work to protect children and families!
We exist 2016 Recap
Thank you to everyone who made “We exist” possible! We were thrilled to share our work, our children’s stories and our caregivers’ experiences preventing, recognizing, responding to and reporting child sexual abuse. View event photos …
Our Core Values
Beyond our mission and vision, ChicagoCAC has core values that represent our commitment to our clients, our staff and our community. First and foremost, we believe that freedom from abuse and exploitation is a basic human right. Learn more about what we believe and what it means for families who need us.
Apply today for our internships and externships
We are now accepting applications for fall internships in our family advocacy, social work, prevention and other departments, as well as a psychology externship and a post-doctoral fellow. In addition to helping children and families heal from sexual abuse, interns at ChicagoCAC receive professional supervision and are able to participate in clinical trainings.