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Children's Advocacy Center names new CEO, reports rising caseload and service expansions
Summary
Dan Powers, newly appointed CEO of the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County, told the court the center served about 4,500 clients last fiscal year, conducted over 1,000 forensic interviews and spends about 81% of funding on direct services; he thanked the court for ongoing support.
Dan Powers, the CEO of the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County, updated Commissioners Court on services and staffing after assuming the role Sept. 1. Powers said the center served roughly 4,500 clients in the last fiscal year, completed more than 1,000 forensic interviews and provided about 10,000 therapy sessions and 17,000 family‑advocacy services.
Powers highlighted the center's multidisciplinary approach that brings law enforcement, child protective services, mental‑health and medical partners together to reduce retraumatization of children and to provide coordinated services. He noted a 58% increase in demand in the northern part of the county and described the center's "rainbow room" program that supplies new clothing to children entering substitute care.
Powers also said the center directs approximately 81% of its funding to services — a level he called above typical nonprofit benchmarks — and described partnerships that help pay for services and the center's upcoming holiday and back‑to‑school projects. He thanked the court and county partners for support before commissioners and advocates posed questions and took a group photo with center staff.
