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Columbia SC – On September 9, 2021, leaders from Children’s Advocacy Centers across South Carolina attended the signing of the South Carolina Child Abuse Response Protocol Act. This legislation ensures all children will have access to the best practice and trauma informed services services Children’s Advocacy Centers and multidisciplinary teams provide regardless of where they live in the state. “Although over 10,000 kids received forensic interviews, forensic medical exams, mental health and other services from Children’s Advocacy Centers last year, we know that some child victims of abuse did not have access to these services”, said Tom Knapp, SCNCAC Executive…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster was joined today by Lieutenant Governor Pamela S. Evette, members of the General Assembly, and children advocacy leaders for a ceremonial bill signing of S.229, the Child Abuse Response Protocol Act. The act establishes a statewide protocol to effectively and efficiently respond to child abuse cases. The legislation formalizes the use of Children’s Advocacy Centers and Multidisciplinary Teams in the statewide response to child abuse and will help to ensure that all children have access to the trauma informed evidence based services that Children’s Advocacy Centers provide regardless…