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Child advocacy centers urge lawmakers to restore additional $1.5M after federal cuts; center staff cite therapy and crisis services
Summary
Child advocacy center leaders asked the Appropriations Committee for an additional $1.5 million to bring state support to $3 million and offset federal cuts, citing services to 7,319 children last year and the role centers play for victims of abuse and trafficking.
Leaders of Louisiana’s Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) told the House Appropriations Committee that cuts to federal funds have left centers stretched and asked the legislature to increase state support toward $3 million to sustain services.
The lede: Crystal Mitchell, executive director of the Louisiana Alliance of Children's Advocacy Centers, told the committee that CACs provide coordinated forensic interviews, trauma‑focused therapy, victim advocacy and support for children who were abused, witnessed violence or were trafficked. "Last year, 7,319 children were served at 1 of the 14 CACs across the state," she…
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