FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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CACI Board President Rosemarie King-Grindy stepped down from her time on our board. Rosemarie diligently served our organization for over 6 years while leading us through challenging and exciting growth and changes. She has been a caring and professional leader and a joy to know.
We thank Michael Williams for agreeing to serve as Interim Board President in this transition.
CACI welcomed five new board members to our September meeting: Honorable Casey Bloodworth, Beth Johnstone, Mary Beth Long, Jeffrey Brown, and Kaye Dent.
We are excited to share that 11 of our Illinois CACs are going through the
National Children's Alliance (NCA) accreditation process in 2019! Applications were submitted this spring and site visits were conducted in September. Congrats to you all for the hard work that goes into this process and for ensuring that your CACs are meeting the standards!
Please join us in a round of applause to our friends at
Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center, as they have been awarded the Midwest Regional Grant from the Department of Justice! We are looking forward to the next 3 years of working together.
Kim Mangiaracino
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CACI ANNUAL DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE
September 11-13, 2019
Bloomington-Normal Marriott
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The goal of the Director’s Conference is support, training, and networking. This year's theme was: Embracing Change, Organization & Transformation and Diversity.
CAC Directors have an immense amount of responsibilities that fall under many categories, and this year’s training strived to help strengthen Executive Directors abilities in all those areas.
CACI was able to care for the cost of this conference (hotel stay, breakfast, lunch and outside speakers), at no charge to the attendees, with NCA Statewide Project Funds, the MRCAC Annual grant, and a generous sponsorship from
V2. Items on the agenda included:
Human Resources in the Not for Profit World-Part
Building Self-Awareness Around Intercultural Competence
Bring Your Whole Self to Work
Kori Stephens and Jordan Benning-
MRCAC
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Joayne Larson got everyone up and moving with engaging exercises and laughs!!
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Kori & Jordan from MRCAC started off their presentation of "Bring Your Whole Self to Work" with a fiesty game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
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CACI Board Member Joan Pernecke, Braveheart CAC Executive Director Jackie Diediker, April House CAC Executive Director Carrie Melton, Tazewell County CAC Executive Director Sarah Wrehl, CACI Strategic Admin., Jean Garner and Peoria County CAC Executive Director Sharon Watson enjoy the CACI welcome reception
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Kim Mangiaracino along with CACI Training and Education Coordinator, Cara Vock and CACI Statewide Coordinator, Mike Burns had the opportunity to spend time with other chapter leaders from around the Midwest participating in training devoted to Developing Training Curriculum. The training was facilitated by the
Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center.
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DCFS reform package signed into law
SPRINGFIELD - A package of proposals passed by State Senator Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) reforming the troubled Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) agency was signed into law recently by Gov. Pritzker.
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www.senatorjuliemorrison.com
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The “Children Start To Heal The Moment They Are Heard” campaign is aimed at child abuse response and prevention.
We understand that effective advocacy requires both information and action, therefore 14 billboards have been placed throughout Illinois.
The billboard campaign includes the CACI website that provides comprehensive information regarding contact information for local CACs, signs of abuse, Illinois statistics, training opportunities and more.
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"Stranger Danger" is important but did you know that 90% of child abuse victims know their abuser? Would you be shocked to know that only one third of children who are sexually abused actually tell?
CACI is a membership organization dedicated to helping local communities respond to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective and efficient while putting the needs of child victims first. CACI provides training, support, technical assistance and leadership to the 40 child advocacy centers (CACs) and multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) throughout Illinois responding to reports of child abuse and neglect.
For more information on CACI or a CAC near you, please visit our
website.
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At the most recent CACI board meeting, the importance of bringing on additional board members was discussed. If you are interested or there is someone that you feel would be interested in serving on our statewide CACI board, please download the
CACI Board Member Recommendation Form
and return to
Kim Mangiaracino
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Woman Sexually Assaulted by Stanford Freshman Reveals...
The woman who was sexually assaulted by a Stanford University freshman in 2015 - and who later went internationally viral with an empowering anonymous statement at his sentencing - has revealed her identity with the publication of a memoir.
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people.com
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This past year, CACI began the design process and will be implementing the Collaborate Software Management System from Network Ninja. This will allow Illinois to have a statewide
database system for the first time. This database will allow CACs to apply limited resources in the most productive ways. It will also allow Illinois CACs to take data to the next level.
We are so thankful for the input provided by Illinois CACs as we move forward with this project and to our funding agency National Children’s Alliance, for helping us realize this dream.
Both the Design Team and Data Migration team for Collaborate are in full swing.
Each CAC has, or will be, contacted by Network Ninja to discuss data migration. The Data Migration team is working on initial data preparation for upload into a test system for their CAC. The Design team continues to work on developing the Intake Form. A list of Agencies across the state is being built to include Law Enforcement, State's Attorney offices, DCFS, and hospitals. It is exciting to watch as this project begins to come to fruition.
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CACI PARTNERS WITH THE ILLINOIS PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION
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Kim Mangiaracino joined Alison Maley, Government & Public Relations Director with the Illinois Principals Association's for an informational webinar about Children’s Advocacy Centers and how schools and CACs will work together with the passing of new legislation,
Public Act 101-0531.
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Tue, Oct 29, 2019 8:00 AM CST
How to Best Support Kids at Trial
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Chicago Elmhurst/Oakbrook Area,
Elmhurst
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Wed, Nov 20, 2019 8:00 AM CST
Annual Advocate Training: A Celebration of CAC Superheroes
Crown Plaza Hotel,
Springfield
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Real Heroes Don't Wear Capes
Eventbrite - Will County Children's Advocacy Center presents Real Heroes Don't Wear Capes - Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at Joliet Golf Club, Joliet, IL. Find event and ticket information.
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www.eventbrite.com
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CINRC Events Calendar
This introductory workshop will help you find potential funders for nonprofits. In addition, this workshop will provide a brief overview of resources available through the Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center as well as Forefront Library's...
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calendars.illinois.edu
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Understanding Social Media Searches for Prosecutors
You should receive a confirmation message via e-mail shortly. Please check your spam/junk folders if you do not receive confirmation. Also, we highly recommend that you add the following domains to your safe senders list: By taking this step, you ...
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events-na8.adobeconnect.com
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Keep up to date with CACI on social media
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Voices for Illinois Children has released its
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The report shows significant racial and ethnic disparities in economic status, education, health, and housing for Illinois children.
The comprehensive
report, which also reviews the data by county, illustrates the need to increase access to services and programs to improve the lives of all Illinois children.
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Events
UPCOMING EVENTS Join us to bring hope and healing to children and their families in our community. You are invited to the Madison County Child Advocacy Center Harvest of Hope A luncheon event supporting the Madison County Child Advocacy Center...
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www.co.madison.il.us
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How Children's Advocacy Centers help reduce trauma for...
Brightly colored furniture. Toys and games. A support dog. A healing garden. The Children's Advocacy Centers in the Chicago suburbs are a stark contrast to the typical interview room in a police station. That's because they're designed to make...
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www.dailyherald.com
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Last year, Representative Chris Welch partnered with All Our Children's Advocacy Center to introduce HB 909, which was signed into law on August 9, 2019.
AOAC would like to thank Rep. Welch for his support, advocacy, and dedication to the children of Illinois who are victims of abuse and maltreatment.
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THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR CACI
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The Children's Advocacy Centers of Illinois stands for the proposition that communities working together on behalf of child victims of abuse can make all the difference in terms of response and intervention – and in the lives of the child victims themselves.
Your support matters. There are so many ways you can give.
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