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Josephine County gives informal OK to transition Children's Advocacy Center into nonprofit; staff asked to prepare formal proposal
Summary
County commissioners agreed without objection to let staff pursue a formal plan to convert the county-run Children's Advocacy Center into a nonprofit entity. The CAC manager said nonprofit status will broaden grant opportunities; staff and legal counsel will address PERS, union and records issues during the transition.
Josephine County commissioners on Tuesday gave staff informal direction to proceed with plans to convert the county-run Children's Advocacy Center into a nonprofit organization and asked staff to return with a formal proposal and feasibility package.
Carrie Compton, the CAC manager, told the board the Josephine County center was the first in Oregon when it began in 1987 and that it currently provides forensic interviews, medical exams and therapy, coordinating a multidisciplinary response with law enforcement, child welfare and the district attorney’s office. “Those interviews are structured in a very particular way so as to kind of mitigate any secondary or overlapping trauma,” Compton said.
Compt…
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