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Board of Directors
These are the Community Board Members using their voices to advocate for children...
We know that hoping that a traumatized child will be alright is not a plan.
One Child's Issue At A Time .
 Bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty, Georgia State Capital
"BOARD MEMBERS"
Kathy Megahee, Chair
Doyle White, Vice Chair
Asun Ellis, Secretary
Roy Long, Treasurer
Ray Auman
Dr. Robert Garrison
Denice Jarrett
Andy Jones
Melinda Katz
Andre' H. Marria
Joann McGrotha
Don Nickerson
Willis Palmer
Troy Rich
John Richards
Terry Solana
Linda Smith
Jimmie Williams
Welcome to The Children's Advocacy Center of Thomas County!
Children's Advocacy Centers facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse cases. Georgia's centers provide the following:
1. Videotaped interviews of child abuse victims in safe, child-friendly surroundings to avoid multiple interviews, reduce the trauma of disclosure, and preserve statements for court purposes.
2. Crisis intervention and emotional support for victims and non-offending family members and access to the victim's compensation system.
3. Psychotherapy services, offered on-site or through referral, to help child victims begin the healing process.
4. Forensic medical exams, utilizing specialized equipment necessary for accurate diagnoses.
5. Interdisciplinary review of cases by teams of professionals, including law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, medical, mental health, victim assistance, and child advocacy.
What is abuse in Georgia?
Sexual Abuse:
* Sexual abuse is a form of child maltreatment in which contacts or interactions (such as fondling, sodomy, penetration) occur between a child under 18 and the parent or caretaker, during which the child is being used for the sexual stimulation of that adult or another person.
*Sexual abuse may also be committed by a person under the age of 18 when that person is either significantly older than the victim or when the abuser is in a position of power or control over another child. When someone outside the child's family abuses a child. Georgia Child Protective Services must evaluate whether the parents permitted this to happen or neglected to supervise the child adequately.
Physical Abuse:
*Physical Abuse is injury to a child under the age of 18 by other than accidental means by a parent or caretaker which results in bruises, welts, fractures, burns, cuts, internal injuries, etc... Physical injury is defined as bodily harm or hurt. Georgia Department of Human Services
What can you do to help?
The Children's Advocacy Center of Thomas County, Georgia (CAC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and donations are tax deductible!!! For more information, please contact Gwen Williams, Crime Victim Advocate @ (229) 226-6141, or any Board Member. We thank you for your support.
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