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Sage Advocacy Center asks Okanogan County to fund local forensic interviews for child-abuse victims
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Chief criminal deputy Jody Barcas introduced representatives from Sage Advocacy Center, which provides forensic interviews and related services for child-abuse victims, and asked commissioners to consider county funding to sustain local services.
Chief criminal deputy Jody Barcas introduced representatives from Sage Advocacy Center, which provides forensic interviews, therapy and courtroom support for child abuse victims, and asked commissioners to consider county funding to sustain local services.
"Children who've experienced abuse in Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan County received roughly 425% less, per child than the national standard," said Bethany O'Hagry, executive director of Sage Advocacy Center. She told the board the center has been providing courtesy support to Okanogan County for about two years and that recent…
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