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NH Child Advocacy Centers

Seeking justice for child victims of abuse while supporting children and their families on a sustainable path to heal, survive and thrive.

Beards for Bucks

Law enforcement agencies show their support for their local Child Advocacy Centers throughout the Granite State by participating in our only Annual Statewide fundraiser for New Hampshire CACS.

How do they show their support?  By going razorless or blue for a reason.  In a fun and exciting month long competition.  All to support their local community Child Advocacy Center.

KNOW & TELL

KNOW & TELL is a program of the Granite State Children’s Alliance dedicated to educating adults to KNOW the signs of child abuse and TELL responsible authorities when they suspect abuse.

Behavioral Health Services

We provide on-site behavioral health services at Child Advocacy Centers (Belknap, Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties) after a forensic interview.  The program ensures trauma-informed providers who work with you and your child to assess the impact of any identified traumas your child has experienced. 

HEAL – SURVIVE – THRIVE

A Child’s CAC Visit

As a parent or caregiver KNOW what to expect during your visit and how to prepare your child.

Helpful Resources

Website links, books and other information for keeping children safe.

Support Your CAC

We are the Chapter organization to all NH Child Advocacy Centers.  We are a non-profit organization, operating CACs in Hillsborough, Belknap and Cheshire Counties.   

Find Your Center

There is a Child Advocacy Center in every county of New Hampshire.

Belknap County

Located in Laconia

Carroll County

Located in Wolfeboro

Cheshire County

Located in Keene

Coos County

Located in Lancaster

Grafton-Sullivan Counties

Located in Lebanon, Claremont, Littleton & Plymouth

Hillsborough County

Located in Nashua and Manchester

Merrimack County

Located in Concord

Rockingham County

Located in Portsmouth and Derry

Strafford County

Located in Dover

What We Do and Why

Why: Our Motivation

Child Advocacy Center team members remain dedicated to the tireless fight to assure that children and their families have a victim- centered experience in a safe and responsive place to move beyond their trauma to Heal, Survive and Thrive.

How: What We Do

Child Advocacy Centers partner with multiple public, private, state, county and local organizations to provide a collaborative, coordinated systematic response to child abuse investigations and subsequent supports for child victims and their families. Our CACs are intentionally designed to be child/family friendly, trauma informed, victim centered, neutral settings for joint investigations and forensic interviews of child victims of crime involving sexual abuse, felony level physical abuse, and child witnesses to violence such as a homicide or a serious domestic assault.

Impact: Positive Outcomes for Kids

We seek justice for child victims while supporting children and their families on a sustainable path to healing.

Children referred to CACs in 2023

%

of children served at a CAC are not old enough to attend Kindergarten

%

incidents of child abuse reported as children

children in NH need adults to KNOW & TELL

How We’ve Been Able to Help

“Everyone was friendly and put us at ease. We were given many opportunities to ask questions and were treated with great respect.”

Caregiver of a child serviced by a CAC