Child Life Dreamcatchers
Thank you to child life intern Siobhan for teaching our families how to make these beautiful dreamcatchers! Every week in our Family Hope Center, our child life team leads activities to help our families relax, …
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2016 in Review
Happy new year! As we make bold plans in 2017, we wanted to look back at the numerous successes and highlights across our programs, development and community partnerships in 2016.Â
Holiday Meals from Jewel
Thank you to our friends at Jewel-Osco for generously providing complete ham dinners and to True Rock Ministries for donating gifts for our children and families! We are grateful to have support from across our …
KPMG Book Donation
THANK YOU to our friends at KPMG for their donation of hundreds of books to the children we serve! The books were donated through KPMG’s Family for Literacy program in honor of Amy Rule, our …
DÃa 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 …
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 …
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 …
#SoxServe
Thank you to Chicago White Sox Charities for supporting kids and families at ChicagoCAC with a $35,000 grant for our Family Hope Center! We put this funding to good use with our individual therapy, family support groups and caregiver programming to help Chicagoans heal from the trauma of child sexual abuse. ‪#‎soxserve‬
Minimizing Trauma to Help Kids Heal
For kids who have been abused, talking about the experience can be painful. ChicagoCAC and our fellow child advocacy centers were founded to minimize that trauma and to preserve evidence so a child doesn’t have to tell and retell what happened to them. From our welcoming building, to our friendly and compassionate staff members, to the nature of our partnerships with law enforcement and child protection teams, we make it easier for kids to come forward and begin healing faster and more fully.
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.