About Us
Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas (CACTX) and our network of children's advocacy centers (CACs) have helped over one million children and their families impacted by abuse achieve safety, justice, and healing in their most significant time of need. As we continue to serve these children, CACTX is casting our vision upstream: to build a future where all children are free from sexual abuse.
A Partner: Cross-sector collaboration is the cornerstone of the CAC model, and CACTX is focused on bringing a variety of voices to the table and empowering partners and members to create scalable, adaptable strategies to further our efforts.
Galvanizing: CACTX provides the leadership needed to effectuate change and empower communities to make the issue of child sexual abuse a top priority and work together to eradicate child sexual abuse.
Evidence-Informed: Research and evidence-based strategies are at the forefront of everything CACTX does because we know success in the fight against child sexual abuse requires the continual evaluation of current efforts and exploration of new, more effective methods to serve and protect children.
Inescapable: CACTX recognizes the sense of urgency that surrounds the issue of child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse is a preventable problem that demands a solution, and CACTX is working to sustainably support CACs to help young victims while also casting our vision upstream to prevent children from ever being victimized.
Visionary: CACTX aims to create lasting systemic change and is passionate about blazing a path to build a safer Texas for future generations.
Read our latest annual report to learn more about CACTX and the Texas CAC network.
Our Staff
As a membership organization, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas employs a staff of experienced professionals dedicated to serving the needs of its member children’s advocacy centers, including advocacy, collaboration, funding, networking, evaluation and assessment, training and technical assistance, and more.
Meet the teamOur Board
The governing Board of Directors for Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas is composed of 20-30 volunteers from throughout the state who, along with their commitment to the mission of children’s advocacy centers, bring a variety of vital professional expertise and experience to the organization.
See our Board of DirectorsFind a Local CAC
Children’s advocacy centers (CACs) operate on the fundamental belief that the best interests of the child victim should be protected as the case proceeds through the investigation and prosecution stages and beyond. CACs offer a child-friendly environment where child victims can feel safe talking about it, in the event something has happened to them.
More about local CACsServices
We are a movement made up of the 70 local children’s advocacy centers (CACs) serving children throughout Texas, local professionals investigating and prosecuting child abuse, a committed board of directors, dedicated donors, volunteers, staff, and corporate and government partners.
More about servicesSix Core Services
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1Membership Services
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2Evaluation and Assessment
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3Collaboration
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4Advocacy
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5Community Awareness
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6Funding
Careers
Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas is an equal opportunity employer that offers its staff an atmosphere of professionalism, dedication, respect and competitive employee benefits. Starting out with a single staff position in 1995, CACTX now employs a full staff of talented professionals.
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