For Child Advocacy Center Advocates

Arkansas Building Effective Services for Trauma

As part of a statewide initiative to improve care for traumatized youth, AR BEST is integrating the latest research with state-of-the-art training to promote excellence in care for children and adolescents experiencing physical or sexual abuse. To this end, AR BEST is working closely with Child Advocacy Centers in Arkansas and other professionals to address the mental health needs of abused youth and their families in the following ways:

Targeted Follow-up 

AR BEST has developed free, on-line, confidential tools that will:

• Help advocates understand the emotional and behavioral needs of these children and adolescents
• Track referrals to mental health professionals from advocacy centers
• Monitor outcomes for up to one month

Through a simple, confidential process that does not involve naming or identifying children, AR BEST offers a guide to mental health screening and provides a way to electronically record such information for follow-up. 

Mental Health Continuum of Care

AR BEST will also fund mental health professionals so that they can be more available to efficiently and effectively screen, triage and conduct therapy with these youth and their families. 

Through the Trained Clinicians Map, advocates will also be able to identify individuals in their communities trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidence-based intervention for traumatized youth, and refer their clients to these clinicians. 

Bi-Annual Reports

ARBEST will generate bi-annual reports on:

• Emotional and behavioral needs of children and adolescents seen in participating Child Advocacy Centers
• Extent of mental health referrals and linkages between the centers and local mental health professionals
• Outcomes of traumatized children and adolescents seen by mental health clinicians in their geographic region. 

Child Advocacy Center locations

Children's Safety Center

614 E. Emma, Ste. 200

Springdale, AR 72764

479-872-6183

www.childrenssafetycenter.org

Children's Advocacy Center of Benton County

2113 Little Flock Dr.

Little Flock, AR 72756

479-621-0385

www.cacbentonco.com

Children's Advocacy Center of Pine Bluff

211 W. 3rd, Ste. 130

Pine Bluff, AR 71601

870-850-7105

Cooper-Anthony Mercy Child Advocacy Center

216 McAuley Court

Hot Springs, AR 71913

501-622-2531

Wade Knox Children's Advocacy Center

1835 SW Front St

Lonoke, AR 72086

501-676-2552

Children's Advocacy Center of Eastern Arkansas

905 N. 7th

West Memphis, AR 72301

870-702-5931

http://www.mshs.org/view/cacea-home

Grandma's House CAC

501 W. Stephenson

Harrison, AR 72601

870-391-2224

www.grandmashousecac.com

Texarkana Children's Advocacy Center

P.O. Box 1546, 422 Hickory Street (administrative offices)

517 Main St. (center location)

Texarkana, TX 75504

903-792-2215

Children's Protection Center

P.O. Box 165815

1123 Bishop St. (center location)

Little Rock, AR 72216

501-324-2572

www.childrensprotectioncenter.org

White County Children's Safety Center

P.O. Box 2142, zip 72145

501 E. Race (center location)

Searcy, AR 72143

501-388-1636

www.whitecountycsc.com

Northeast Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center

P.O. Box 16234 (mailing address)

1302 Stone St / 72403 (center location)

Jonesboro, AR

870-275-7902

www.neacac.net

Hamilton House Child and Family Safety Center

Mercy Medical Tower

2713 S. 74th St, Suite 103

Ft. Smith, AR 72903

479-783-1002

479-478-0101 fax

http://www.hhsafetycenter.org

Central Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center

P. O. Box 1202, zip 72033

707 Parkway Suite 101 (physical location)

Conway, AR 72033

501-328-3347

http://hopeandjustice.org

Clark County Children's Safety Center

Address: Arkadelphia, AR

(no location determined at this time)

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