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Causes: Child Abuse Prevention, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Health
Mission: The mission of the nashville children's alliance is to reduce the trauma of child abuse victims and their families by facilitating a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team approach to the detection, investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse.
Programs: The nashville children's alliance (nca) provides an array of services for child victims of suspected sexual and severe physical abuse and their non- offending parents/caregivers. The nca provides forensic interviews to children ages 3 - 17 when there are allegations of sexual or severe physical abuse. The nca clinical unit provides trama-informed therapy to child victims using evidence based practices. Individual and group therapy are provided in english and spanish. On-going education/support groups are offered for non-offending parents/caregivers in english and spanish. Community education and prevention training on child abuse is offered through the stewards of children program.