MID FLORIDA COMUNITY SERVICES, INC. - CHILDREN'S ADVOCACYCENTER OF HERNANDO COUNTY

Department of Legal Affairs and Attorney General

Department of Legal Affairs/Office of the Attorney General

410000

1360A: PROGRAM NOT FUNDED IN FY 2025-26

General Revenue Grants And Aids - Fixed Capital Outlay

2024-231

Mid Florida Community Services, Inc. Children's Advocacy Center of Hernando County (CAC) coordinates the multidisciplinary investigative process of child abuse cases with DCF, law enforcement and the child protection team. It is a child-friendly facility that responds to children who are child victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, threatened harm, drug-endangerment, mental injury, neglect, and witnesses of domestic violence. Additionally, the CAC has a trauma treatment program for child victims of sexual abuse. Last year the CAC served more than 860 children and families, of which 304 were children in trauma therapy. Over the last two years, the CAC had to rent additional satellite office space causing services to be provided at multiple locations because the main building is no longer big enough to meet the needs of the child victims that we serve. It is best practice to provide all the services under one building, in one location.

Grants

Non-Profit

Funds will be used to purchase land and construct a 7,000 square foot building for the Children's Advocacy Center of Hernando County. This building will provide a safe, child friendly, environment for children to disclose abuse and heal from it. It will include medical rooms, interview rooms, observation rooms for law enforcement and DCF to observe the interviews, and therapy rooms.

June, 2024

Budget proposal request is sent out to applicants awarded funding by statute and/or budget.

June 30, 2024

N/A

George Hudson
Program Administrator
Department of Legal Affairs/Office of the Attorney General
PL-01, The Capitol
George.hudson@myfloridalegal.com
(850) 414-3385

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