2017 Annual Report

2017 Annual Report

THE NEBRASKA
ALLIANCE OF CHILD
ADVOCACY CENTERS

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From Our Executive Director...

Dear Friends of Children:

It is my pleasure to present the Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers 2017 Annual Report to highlight key
accomplishments, events, and services we offer that benefit member centers statewide and the abused children
they serve.

Last year, the Child Advocacy Centers served all 93 counties EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE
and collectively saw over 6,900 children and provided over
4,900 forensic interviews. As you review our annual report, you COMPASSIONATE SERVICES OF A
will find that the CACs encourage professionals to work
together to have a collaborative investigation, to reduce the CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER, AND
number of interviews with individual children thereby reducing
the potential re-traumatization to the child and, ultimately, to TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE
voice the needs of children who have been sexually and
physically abused. NEBRASKA A SAFE, HAPPY
PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

The Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers is committed to promoting the development, growth and
sustainability of our CACs in the State of Nebraska through education, training, mentoring, collaboration, advocacy,
development of resources and legislation. Throughout the year, the Nebraska Alliance hosted 25 state-wide
meetings/trainings, in-person or electronically, for CAC staff members-- Advocates, Forensic Interviewers,
Coordinators, and Directors, where 177 duplicative participants attended. Additionally, the Nebraska Alliance
presented, in part or whole, to 1,934 multi-disciplinary team members, community partners, and CAC participants
in 33 additional training opportunities.

In 2017, after surveying our stakeholders and conducting a strategic plan, the Nebraska Alliance identified the
following priority focus areas and vision statements:

Focus Area: Statewide Partnerships
Vision Statement: The Nebraska Alliance has established leadership with critical statewide partners
to enhance Nebraska's response to child abuse.

Focus Area: Training & Technical Assistance
Vision Statement: The Nebraska Alliance serves as a hub or information highway for best practices
and emerging issues.

Focus Area: Legislative Advocacy
Vision Statement: The Nebraska Alliance proposes and prioritizes legislative initiatives utilizing
partnerships.

While the journey ahead is certain to have challenges, we are blessed to have passionate colleagues, Board of
Directors and staff at the Nebraska Alliance who are dedicated to serve Nebraska’s children.

Respectfully submitted, Printing of this report is funded by:
Ivy Svoboda
Executive Director

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What is a Child Advocacy Center?

Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) offer an alternative way of serving abused children through a
comprehensive approach to services for victims and their families. CACs stress coordination of
investigation and intervention services by bringing together professionals and agencies as a multi-
disciplinary team to create a child focused approach to child abuse cases. Key components of a child
advocacy center include forensic interviewing, medical evaluations, advocacy and support,
therapeutic intervention, case review, and tracking. The goal is to ensure that children are not re-
victimized by the very system that is designed to protect them.

About Nebraska’s Child Victims in 2017

Age of Child Type of Abuse Reported

Age 13-18 Age 0-6 Sexual Abuse Neglect Physical
28% 32% 49% 19% Abuse
14%

Age 7-12 Witness to Drug
40% Violence Endangerment

CHILD’S GENDER 9% 7%
60% - GIRLS
40% - BOYS Relationship to Child Other 2%

95% Unknown
7%
OF CHILD
VICTIMS Other
KNEW THEIR Known
ABUSER Person
26%
Parent
40%

Parent’s Other Stepparent
Significant Relative 4%

Other 16%
7%

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What is the Nebraska Alliance?

Our Mission: To enhance Nebraska’s response to child abuse

The Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers, provides statewide
leadership in the fight against child abuse alongside its member centers,

Nebraska’s seven (7) fully accredited Child Advocacy Centers (CACs).

What We Do:

 Facilitate a collaborative statewide network dedicated to a coordinated and
comprehensive response to child abuse.

 Serve as a leading resource within Nebraska in regard to child abuse issues
and the CAC model.

 Represent a collaborative effort among our CAC members, staff and governing
entity.

 Provide support services to emerging and existing CACs and MDTs.
 Assist with the development, continuation and enhancement of the CAC model.

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Our Members:

Each Child Advocacy Center is its own non-profit 96%
organization with the exception of Northeast NE
Child Advocacy Center which is a hospital-based Of caregivers
believed that
Child Advocacy Center. their child felt
safe at the CAC

The Nebraska Alliance’s overall budget for 2017 was $459,915.

Unduplicated Children

Child Advocacy Center Location Served in 2017 2017 Budget

Bridge of Hope North Platte 320 $305,647
CAPstone Gering
Central NE Child Advocacy Center Grand Island 569 $468,000
Child Advocacy Center Lincoln
Family Advocacy Network Kearney 234 $254,000
Northeast NE Child Advocacy Center Norfolk
Project Harmony Omaha 1,210 $1,338,383

564 $411,964

256 $315,921

3,782 $7,756,568

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Nebraska Alliance Impact 2017

CAC IMPACT

The Nebraska Alliance provides technical assistance
and training to support the CACs in attaining the core
accreditation standards. The 25 state-wide meetings in
2017 offered peer review, insightful discussions, and
training components that help CACs attain consistency
in services.

MDT IMPACT CAC Coordinator Training

Through our regional Child Advocacy Center
partner relationships, the Nebraska Alliance
hosted a Multi-Disciplinary Team Facilitator
three-day training for seventeen of the CAC
Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordinators. They work
with over 100 teams with 2,600 team members
to annually review over 12,000 cases across all
93 Nebraska counties. The training enhanced the Coordinators’ facilitator skills to ignite participatory
discussion around system issue identification to promote collaborative decision-making and productive
methods for addressing conflict.

The Nebraska Alliance is co-chair under the Governor’s Commission for the Protection of Children’s Multi-

Disciplinary Team Coordination Subcommittee. The above The Nebraska Alliance presented,
CAC training laid the foundation for the CAC Coordinators in part or in whole at
to help implement the directives of the Subcommittee.

The Governor’s Commission Subcommittee is to evaluate 33 trainings to
the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary teams’ response to

child abuse and neglect investigations/prosecutions in 1,934
order to bring state-wide consistency. The Subcommittee
developed a 45-item checklist based on Nebraska state
statutes and national CAC accreditation standards and

reviewed/provided feedback on team protocols multi-disciplinary team members,
representing 82 protocols in effect for all 93 counties. community partners, and CAC
The Subcommittee’s next steps is strategizing with the participants in 2017.
CAC Coordinators on best practices.

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TRAFFICKING IMPACT

The Nebraska Alliance aims to increase continuity amongst our partners and to strengthen Nebraska’s
youth response to human trafficking meeting the needs of the communities CACs serve. This work
includes the Nebraska Alliance representation on the following
Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Force committees: Advisory
Board, Working Group, Services Committee, Training Commit-
tee, Screening Tool Committee, and the Law Enforcement
Committee. The committees and sub- committees worked on
developing various trainings and finalized a Pocket Card for Law
Enforcement to reference when responding to potential traffick-
ing situations. They also developed a calling tree reference tool
for professionals involved in trafficking response by region. The
work of these committees allowed over 1800 multi-disciplinary
team partners to be educated in recognizing and responding to trafficked youth and youth at high risk of
exploitation.

The Nebraska Alliance hosted “Child Sex Trafficking Awareness and Response” with the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children educating 54 local law enforcement officers and prosecutors on
recognizing and responding to child sex trafficking.

The Nebraska Alliance facilitated two sessions of “Motivational Interviewing”; one specifically for the CAC
Advocates at a Statewide Meeting in Grand Island and the other at the Nebraska Coalition for Victims of
Crime annual conference.

LEGISLATIVE IMPACT

The Nebraska Alliance serves as a legislative advocate to support
the work of Nebraska’s Child Advocacy Centers and the children
they serve. Knowing that multiple agencies respond best when
they work together, the Nebraska Legislature has adopted
policies that ensure a coordinated approach to drive the child
abuse investigation process for law enforcement, child protective
services, prosecutors and child advocacy centers. The Nebraska Alliance works to educate and inform
Nebraska’s legislators about legislative funding and bills that directly impact the work of Child Advocacy
Centers and the lives of the children served at a CAC.

LB225 LB589

LB225 passed in 2017 and ensures that the Child LB589 was introduced by Senator Crawford
Advocacy Centers have access to case reporting amending 29-1917. This bill was designed to
systems to help facilitate the case review process protect children age 18 and younger from being
on court involved and non-court involved cases, deposed when they have, pursuant to section 28
establish protocols, and ensure training within all -728, undergone a video-recorded forensic inter-
the multi-disciplinary teams. view at an accredited child advocacy center.

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Bridge of Hope

EST. 2007 www.bridgeofhEoSpTec. a2c0.o??rg

The Bridge of Hope Child The Bridge of Hope Child The Bridge of Hope Child
Advocacy Center opened Advocacy Center is proud Advocacy Center coordinates
in 2007, was initially to be a part of a multi- case review teams for each
accredited by the National disciplinary team county in their service area and
Children’s Alliance in 2008 approach to child abuse monitors policy compliance for
and successfully investigations and the the teams ensuring that each of
completed the re- implementation of the ten standards of performance
accreditation process in intervention services in are met, as required under the
2013. The Bridge of Hope the lives of the children National Children’s Alliance
Child Advocacy Center is they are privileged to Standards for Accreditation. In
housed in a 5,000 square serve. July 2016, services were
foot Victorian House expanded to meet the needs of
which offers a welcoming families in the Mountain Time
location to complete child zone when a satellite office in
abuse investigations and Ogallala was opened. In 2017, the
provides advocacy Ogallala location added a
services to children and medical exam room. The Ogallala
their families. office is an extension of the North
Platte location with the same
home like feel.

UNDUPLICATED Both locations are instrumental in coordinating their teams of highly trained professionals
CHILDREN to routinely deliver a coordinated response to the children and families they serve. These
SERVED 2017: services include recorded forensic interviews, hair testing for exposure to illicit
substances, sexual assault exams, general medical exams and ongoing advocacy
320 throughout the duration of the case.

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CAPstone

www.capstonenebraska.com EST. 2000

CAPstone works with law CAPstone’s mission is to EXECUTIVE
enforcement, child protection reduce trauma and promote DIRECTOR:
workers, prosecution, mental healing for child victims
health, medical and victim Holly Brandt
advocacy to provide a multi-
disciplinary approach to child and their families in a safe, EMAIL:
abuse investigations. CAPstone’s child friendly environment [email protected]
services include child friendly where children can be
interviews by a trained forensic
interviewer, advocacy services, CAPstone Child Advocacy heard and supported. Their ADDRESS:
referrals to counseling for child Center was opened in 2000 vision is justice and healing 900 P Street
victims and non-offending and is located in Gering, for all child abuse victims Gering, NE 69341
caregivers at no cost to the NE. CAPstone was
family, referrals for medical reaccredited in 2015 with and their families. Their PHONE:
exams, hair testing for children the National Children’s goals are to reduce the 308-632-7274
who have been exposed to Alliance. CAPstone serves
drugs, and court school for child a 14,810 square mile area trauma suffered by the FAX:
victims who testify in court. covering the eleven child during an 308-632-5152
CAPstone provides support, counties in the Panhandle
education and on-going services of Nebraska. They have investigation, to promote
through the life of the case to satellite offices in Chadron,
child victims and their families. Alliance and Sidney. healing, to increase

successful prosecution of the COUNTIES
child abusers, and to assume a SERVED:

proactive approach to child Banner
abuse prevention through Box Butte
education, training and Cheyenne
networking.
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux

Meet CAPstone’s Staff! UNDUPLICATED
CHILDREN
CAPstone is blessed to have five full time and one part time staff whose caring attitudes and dedication
show every day in the work they do with child victims and their families. Holly Brandt is CAPstone’s SERVED 2017:
Executive Director. Forensic Interviewer/Community Outreach Coordinator, Rebecca Fernau works out of 569
the Chadron and Alliance satellite offices along with part time Family Advocate, Isabella Irish. Lisa Collins
is CAPstone’s Forensic Interviewer. Sharen Saf is CAPstone’s Family Advocate and Winnie Voss has been Page 9
with CAPstone since 2010 serving as CAPstone’s Administrative Assistant and Child Advocate.

Central
Nebraska CAC

EST. 2002 www.cn-cac.org

EXECUTIVE Central Nebraska Child Central Nebraska Child CNCAC has four full-time
DIRECTOR: Advocacy Center in Grand Advocacy Center works employees: MDT
Shannon Krejci Coordinator, Lead Forensic
Island was incorporated in closely with the Department Interviewer, Child and Family
EMAIL: September 2001 and is fully of Health and Human Services Advocate and an
[email protected] accredited by the National Services, law enforcement, Executive Director. In
addition to the full-time
ADDRESS: Children’s Alliance. CNCAC county attorneys, schools, employees, CNCAC has five
2335 N. Webb Rd. provides a wide array of therapists, medical and contracted employees, which
Grand Island, NE 68803 services to include: forensic community providers to include two registered nurses,
medical physician and three
PHONE: interviews advocacy, court achieve the best possible forensic interviewers.
308-385-5238 preparation, referral outcomes for the child victims
Central Nebraska Child
FAX: services, on-site medical and non-offending family Advocacy Center continues to
308-385-5239 exams, hair testing to members. improve programs and
determine positive exposure services offered to child
COUNTIES victims and non-offending
SERVED: and/or ingestion to drugs, family members through
case management, case collaboration with
Clay coordination to community partnerships.
Garfield
Greeley approximately 400 children
Hall each year; and outreach and
Hamilton
Howard training to multi-
Merrick disciplinary members and
Nuckolls community members.
Webster
Wheeler

UNDUPLICATED One Child, One Place, One Time
CHILDREN
SERVED 2017: Central Nebraska Child Advocacy Center is a child friendly environment that has ample
234 space to host trainings for their community partners. CNCAC’s interior is a calming and
welcoming environment to children of all ages. CNCAC was involved in several fundrais-
Page 10 ers in 2017 including their annual “Fore The Kids” golf tournament, Celebrating Children
annual banquet dinner, Children’s Day at Fonner Park, Go Big Give and Magic Show.

Child Advocacy Center

www.smallvoices.org According to Chief Jeff Bliemeis- EST. 1998
ter: “An interviewer from another
The Child Advocacy Center agency who has expertise in these EXECUTIVE
has a full-time staff of eighteen types of investigations was unable DIRECTOR:
serving three locations to gain the trust of the older vic-
(Lincoln, Auburn and York) tim, who had a vast knowledge of Lynn Ayers
covering seventeen counties. how the trafficking operation was
The Child Advocacy Center is working and who was involved. EMAIL:
an active member of the South- Eventually, the young victim [email protected]
east Regional Task Force on stopped answering all questions
Sex Trafficking. and became extremely emotional. ADDRESS:
Amanda stayed with the victim 5025 Garland Street
One of the Child Advocacy and allowed her to verbalize her Lincoln, NE 68504
Center’s Advocates, Amanda roller coater of emotions—all with-
Kavan was recognized by the out responding with judgement or PHONE:
Lincoln Police Department pressure, but only lending an 402-476-3200
with the Citizen Exceptional ear—until such time as the young
Service Award for her work in victim felt comfortable speaking FAX:
providing critical support to a with Amanda.” 402-476-5330
child victim of sex trafficking.
COUNTIES
(continued) Her ultimate disclosure to our investigators lead to the identification of multiple child SERVED:
victims and the arrest of six adults. Had it not been for Amanda’s patience, compassion and
understanding, there is a very good chance the investigation would have become stagnant and more Butler
children would have become victimized. Amanda became the first person this young victim had trusted Cass
after years of emotional, sexual and physical abuse and Amanda’s efforts were one of the reasons this
particular ring of trafficking was stopped.” Fillmore
Gage
The Child Advocacy Center is proud of the work of Amanda and all their staff for stepping up
each and every day to make a difference in the lives of children. The Child Advocacy Center feels Jefferson
it’s only through the support of a community that cares, that they are able to deliver critical Johnson
services to child victims of abuse. Lancaster
Nemaha

Otoe
Pawnee

Polk
Richardson

Saline
Saunders

Seward
Thayer

York

UNDUPLICATED
CHILDREN

SERVED 2017:

1,210

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Family Advocacy
Network

EST. 2001 www.familyadvocacynetwork.com

EXECUTIVE The Family Advocacy FAN currently employs 6 full
DIRECTOR: Network (FAN) is a fully time staff, 3 PRN Pediatricians, 2
Jamie Vetter accredited member of the SANE APRNs, 3 SANE RNs, and
National Children’s Alliance. 2 PRN Forensic Interview
EMAIL: FAN is located in Kearney and Specialists. FAN provides a full
[email protected] provides satellite services in array of services including on-site
Hastings, collectively serving medical exams, forensic
ADDRESS: 14 counties in Central interviews in both English and
106 East 31st Street Nebraska. Additionally, in Spanish, case coordination,
Kearney, NE 68847 2017 FAN prepared for the advocacy services and education.
opening of satellite services in In 2017, FAN provided services
PHONE: Broken Bow. In April 2017, the to 578 unduplicated children and
308-865-7492 FAN satellite office in Hastings their non-offending family
opened their doors to children members. FAN has worked to
FAX: and families. The ribbon ensure all children have access to
308-865-2971 cutting was held on April a multi-disciplinary team
22nd. Senator Steve Halloran, response to child abuse and
COUNTIES Mayor Corey Stutte and neglect at a child advocacy
SERVED: County Attorney Donna Fegler center, regardless of geographic
-Diass gave opening comments location. FAN staff and the MDT
Blaine welcoming FAN to the team members are committed to
Buffalo community. Katelyn Shriver providing evidence based,
Custer joined FAN in July and serves trauma informed intervention for
Dawson child victims and their families child victims in their
Franklin in the Hastings office. communities.
Furnas
Gosper
Harlan
Kearney
Loup
Phelps
Sherman
Valley

Cops and Robbers 5K

UNDUPLICATED On October 21, 2017, the University of Nebraska at Kearney Police Department held
CHILDREN a “Cops and Robbers” 5K fun run/walk to benefit the Family Advocacy Network.
SERVED 2017: Participants registered in pairs, one as the “cop” and the other as the “robber”. After
564 the “jail break”, the robbers started running the race first along with their bag of
loot. The cops began the race shortly after, chasing the robbers and going after the
Page 12 loot. There were prized awarded to the best dressed cop and robber. It was a great
time had by all!

Northeast
Nebraska CAC

www.frhs.org/cac.html EST. 2004

The Northeast Nebraska Child investigations and family in working with children. The EXECUTIVE
Advocacy Center (NENCAC) in advocacy services. Services are Center also employs forensically DIRECTOR:
Norfolk is a non-profit available 24hrs/day with normal trained providers to perform Kelli Wacker
organization located in a hospital work hours from 8am–4:30pm. medical exams on site. NENCAC
setting. The Center opened Services include forensic provides ongoing advocacy and EMAIL:
September 2004 and serves interviews, forensic medical support through the work of the [email protected]
children, as well as adult victims, exams, mental health referrals, Child Advocates. NENCAC’s
from 24 counties in Northeast multi-disciplinary team Team Facilitator coordinates ADDRESS:
Nebraska. The Center has been coordination, prevention services for the Multi-disciplinary Faith Regional Health
fully accredited by the National education, and hair/nail testing Child Abuse and Neglect Teams
Children’s Alliance since 2005. for exposure and/or ingestion of in each of the counties served. Services
NENCAC consists of two forensic drugs. NENCAC’s full-time Community education and East Campus
interview rooms, an observation/ Forensic Interviewer specializes prevention research services are 1500 Koenigstein
conference room, a child abuse/ conducted by our on-site Norfolk, NE 68701
adult sexual assault examination Prevention Specialist. NENCAC
room, office space, and a large also offers various training PHONE:
family-centered waiting area. opportunities which are open to 402-644-7402
NENCAC offers a child-friendly law enforcement, protection and
facility to conduct and coordinate safety workers, and prosecutors COUNTIES
child abuse, adult sexual assault from the service area. SERVED:

NENCAC Awards and Events Antelope
Boone
NENCAC presented Gail Collins of the Madison County Attorney’s Office with the “In the Spirit of Boyd
Children” Award. The award honors LB 1184 Child Abuse and Neglect Team Members who have Brown
contributed to the welfare of children by providing exemplary service to children involved in the Burt
investigation and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Collins has been with the Madison County Cedar
Attorney’s Office since 2002 and spends the majority of her time handling the juvenile docket. Cherry
Nominators identified numerous examples of Collins going above and beyond to assist in pursuing Colfax
safety for the children of Madison County. Over the last 18 years, Collins has been a tireless advocate for Cuming
children, wanting the one thing that we all want, for children to be safe and grow up in homes that will Dakota
provide that. What many people do not know is that without her knowledge, expertise and hours of Dixon
work she puts in, many children and families would not be where they are today. Collins is very Dodge
deserving of this award and even more so, the acknowledgement of all her years of service to the Holt
children and families of Madison County.
Keya Paha
Knox

Madison
Nance
Pierce
Platte
Rock
Stanton

Thurston
Washington

Wayne

UNDUPLICATED
CHILDREN

SERVED 2017
256

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Project Harmony

EST. 1996 www.projectharmony.com

EXECUTIVE Project Harmony opened in 1996 serve more than 5,000 children Human Services, Law
DIRECTOR: and was accredited by the from the Omaha metro and Enforcement, Children’s Hospital
Gene Klein, LCSW National Children’s Alliance for southwest Iowa areas through and Medical Center, Lutheran
the first time in 1999, serving early intervention and response Family Services, Child Saving
EMAIL: fewer than 250 children at that services. Child abuse is a fact in Institute as well as many other
[email protected] time. Today, almost 22 years later, our community, discriminating partnerships—these children are
Project Harmony has served a against no one and impacting able to go from crisis to courage.
ADDRESS: total of 33,000 children from the thousands of lives each year. Due With tremendous growth
11949 Q Street Douglas and Sarpy counties in to Project Harmony’s experienced over the last 20+
Omaha, NE 68137 Nebraska and 16 surrounding coordination of care between years, it is important to Project
counties in Southwest Iowa. agencies such as Health and Harmony to not lose sight of the
PHONE: Project Harmony employs over traits that make them Project
402-595-1326 80 staff providing a full array of Harmony. Over the past year,
medical exams, forensic they worked to define the culture
FAX: interviews, case coordination, and to ensure strategic planning
402-595-1329 family advocacy services and and leadership are in line with the
training and education. In 2017 culture identified: “We Are All
Project Harmony continued to Project Harmony”, “We Bring Our
Best Everyday” and “When It
Comes To Children We Don’t
Compromise”.

COUNTIES
SERVED:

Douglas
Sarpy
16 Counties in Iowa

UNDUPLICATED Project Harmony is Expanding
CHILDREN
SERVED 2017: Almost two years ago, Project Harmony took ownership of two buildings to the East from where
3,782 Project Harmony currently resides. Renovation in the first building was complete in June 2017,
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preventative care as well as respond to crisis situations. With the move of Connections and Lutheran
Family Services, this has allowed for an expanded partnership to include the Omaha Police Depart-
ment’s Domestic Violence Unit relocation to Project Harmony in June 2017. Another area of expan-
sion is within our Training Institute. The Project Harmony Training Institute provides training to
more than 10,000 professionals each year and that number will continue to grow through expanded
partnerships with DHHS, area schools and new Trauma Informed Community Initiative
(TraumaMattersOmaha.org). Project Harmony’s goal as a community-wide initiative, is to reach
22,000 people (from first responders to public institutes to parents and families) to understand,
recognize and respond appropriately to trauma.

Nebraska Alliance of CACs
Coverage Across the State

Bridge of Hope- North Platte **Satellite: Ogallala

Arthur, Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Grant, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins,

Red Willow, Thomas

Capstone– Scottsbluff/Gering **Satellites: Alliance, Chadron, and Sidney

Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux

Central Nebraska CAC- Grand Island
Clay, Garfield, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nuckolls, Webster, Wheeler

Child Advocacy Center- Lincoln **Satellites: Auburn and York

Butler, Cass, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Saunders,

Seward, Thayer, York

Family Advocacy Network- Kearney **Satellites: Broken Bow and Hastings

Adams, Blaine, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Loup, Phelps, Valley

Northeast NE CAC- Norfolk **Satellites: O’Neill and Fremont

Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar, Cherry, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox,

Madison, Nance, Pierce, Platte, Rock, Stanton, Thurston, Washington, Wayne

Project Harmony- Omaha **Satellite: Fremont To report suspected child
abuse or neglect, please call:
Douglas, Sarpy (also serves 16 counties in IA)
1-800-652-1999
To report suspected human

trafficking, please call:
1-888-373-7888 and 911

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Nebraska Alliance of Child
Advocacy Centers

11949 Q Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68137
(402) 933-7422
[email protected]
www.nebraskacacs.com

NEBRASKA ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP

2017 Board of Directors

Lynne Lange, Chair, Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, Lincoln
Holly Brandt, Vice Chair, CAPstone, Gering/Scottsbluff
Kevin Thompson, Treasurer, First National Bank, Omaha
Jamie Vetter, Secretary, Family Advocacy Network, Kearney
Lynn Ayers, Child Advocacy Center, Lincoln
Amber Berliner, Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center, North Platte
Marc Boehm, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Randy Hawthorne, Nonprofit Hub, Lincoln
David Jespersen, Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln
Gene Klein, Project Harmony, Omaha
Shannon Krejci, Central Nebraska CAC, Grand Island
John A. Menicucci, Jr., Union Pacific Corporation, Bennington
Chris Timm, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kelli Wacker, Northeast Nebraska Child Advocacy Center, Norfolk

Nebraska Alliance Staff
Ivy Svoboda, Executive Director
Erin Aliano, Special Projects Coordinator
Michelle Muhle, Outreach Coordinator

FUNDING PARTNERS: ACCREDITED BY:

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