From the onset, CJC provides child victims and their non-offending family members with opportunities to receive social services and advocacy. These services are offered to reduce secondary trauma to the child victims, provide support and useful information for non-offending family members and promote healing from child abuse.
The YWCA Sexual Assault program provides advocates at the CJC who support child victims of abuse during interviews and through criminal court proceedings. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Victim Assistance program also provides advocacy services for cases involving physical assault of children.
Linkages to local services, include referral to medical services, mental health services, parent support groups and other local resources. The Social Service Coordinator, on-site mental health therapist, and YWCA advocates provide the non-offending family members with information about helping their child heal from an incident of child abuse and assistance with linkages to any needed services.
