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Commissioners defer $50,000 commitment for Children’s Advocacy Center; amendment to specify opioid-abatement funds wins support
Summary
The commission heard that forensic interviews of child victims are required by Tennessee law and that the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) is needed for prosecutions. A resolution to commit $50,000 for FY 2026 was amended to specify opioid-abatement funds as the source, then deferred to the budget committee for formal consideration.
A resolution to place $50,000 in next year’s budget for the Children’s Advocacy Center drew discussion Wednesday about funding sources and the role the center plays in criminal prosecutions of child abuse.
The commission was told that Tennessee law requires forensic interviews of child victims to be conducted by trained forensic interviewers and that the county’s law-enforcement agencies rely on the CAC to perform those interviews. “When a child is interviewed, it has to be done by a forensic…
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