Randolph Tucker CAC Sees 152 Children in Randolph and Tucker Counties
Charleston, WV — Today, West Virginia Child Advocacy Network (WVCAN) releases its State Aggregate Data for the 2016 fiscal year. The data in the report reflects service from West Virginia’s 20 Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) who provided official service to 37 of 55 counties in the state and courtesy services to other counties.
This past fiscal year CACs served 3,518 children – a nearly 50% increase in the last five years. Locally, the Randolph Tucker CAC saw 152 of children, which is 65% higher than last year.
One of every 100 children in WVCAN’s service area were seen by a child advocacy center last year. 64% of the children served by Randolph Tucker CAC were under the age of 13, and 29% of children are reported or suspected to have a disability. Most of children served by Randolph Tucker CAC were there because of allegations of sexual abuse – 48%
31% of alleged offenders were the child’s parent and only 2% of the alleged offenders were an unknown stranger of the child.
There were 29 cases with charges filed, and 12 individuals convicted for crimes against children. 16 more individuals have been indicted.
Caregivers were surveyed after receiving services and 98% agreed “If I knew anyone else who was dealing with a situation like the one my family faced, I would tell that person about the center.”
It is the Randolph Tucker CAC mission to work with community partners in order to support healing and justice for children and families who have been victimized. Our teams in Randolph and Tucker Counties are doing just this for our children!
The full statewide report includes data on victim demographics, alleged offender demographics, reported vs. disclosed abuse breakdown, services performed, criminal justice response, and CAC income budget breakdown. The full statewide data report can be found at http://wvcan.org/media/