The Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center launches 2024 Angels of Hope annual holiday campaign

Thursday, November 07, 2024
More than 300 children from northeast Texas are available to sponsor for this year’s Angel Tree... Read More

Child Abuse Awareness Month BLUE RIBBON WEEK

Friday, March 22, 2024
Blue Ribbon Week is April 1 - 7, 2024... Read More

2024 Child Abuse Awareness Month Fundraiser: Helping Victims Become Survivors

Monday, February 26, 2024
Support the Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center's 2024 Child Abuse Awareness Month T-Shirt Campaign: Helping Victims Become Survivors... Read More

Largest Historical Charitable Gift made to the Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center from the Help-A-Child Benefit

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
NEWS RELEASEFor Immediate ReleaseDecember 13, 2023... Read More

Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center opens April's Child Abuse Awareness Month with 25-Year Celebration

Thursday, March 30, 2023
NETCAC joins partner agencies in the fight to prevent child abuse in Northeast Texas... Read More

Commissioners Court Appoints NETCAC Executive Director to Regional SART Team

Tuesday, January 10, 2023
The Commissioners Court approved a resolution reappointing six members from Hopkins County to the Regional Sexual Assault Response Team: Mary Ferguson with SAFE-T, 8th Judicial District Attorney Will Ramsay, Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson, Sexual Assault Examiner Nurse Kim Basinger and Donna Pendleton with Health and Human Services Commission for prevention as well, or a designee appointed by the team member.Also appointed to the team representing other areas outside the county were Delta County Sheriff Charla Singleton, Franklin County Sheriff Ricky Jones, Lauren Fleming with Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center, Kenny Stillwagoner with Cooper...... Read More

Vision28: NCA's Five Year Strategic Plan

Wednesday, January 04, 2023
To arrive at a common destination, we need a map of where we’re headed. As we do roughly every five years, the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) movement gathered through a National Children’s Alliance (NCA)-led project to collect the most impactful and doable ideas from our members, partners, staff, and volunteers.... Read More

Parents Need Support Through the Storm

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Good morning and welcome back to Monday. I hope this finds everyone well and staying safe. With everything else going on, it’s sometimes tempting to ignore the fact that we are still in the midst of a global pandemic—and one that is likely to continue for some time, even with the vaccine distribution commencing. Anecdotally, and in our own communities, we have witnessed the toll this has taken on children and families, and we know that the confluence of circumstances created by the pandemic is a virtual breeding ground for abuse. But with mandated reporters cut off from access to...... Read More

NETCAC Earns Re-Accreditation from the National Children's Alliance

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: NORTHEAST TEXAS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER EARNS RE-ACCREDITATION FROM NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ALLIANCENational Children’s Alliance recognizes Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center for its ongoing delivery of high quality and effective services to child abuse victims through accreditationWINNSBORO (January 5, 2021) – Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center (NETCAC) has been awarded re-accreditation by National Children’s Alliance following an extensive application and site review process. As the accrediting agency for Children’s Advocacy Centers (CAC) across the country, National Children’s Alliance awards various levels of accreditation and membership to centers responding to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective and efficient,...... Read More

Katie’s Journey

Friday, August 28, 2020
Katie, a 5yr Kinder student happy, energetic, and very bright!!Christmas Break: She spends a few days and nights with her cousins like she has done so many times before.When she comes home this time something is different… Katie isn’t the same. She has become sullen, not hungry even for spaghetti, her favorite. Katie begins having nightmares and won’t sleep without a light on and has frequent stomach aches and her head hurts. Her pediatrician can’t find a reason for these symptoms. Oh and now she doesn’t want to go to her cousins to play.Back to school after the break, Katie’s...... Read More