Evidenced-Based Treatment to Honor and Heal
Denver Children’s Advocacy Center’s Assessment and Treatment Team proactively ensures every member of their team is trained in evidence-based treatment modalities, meaning approaches to counseling and supportive services that are tested and proven to be successful in treating children who have experienced trauma and abuse. The National Children’s Alliance (NCA), which sets standards for Children’s […]
Youth Clubs Gearing Up for Summer!
DCAC’s outreach team has a full lineup of youth clubs planned for the summer. The clubs are safe, welcoming places where clients and community members of all ages can come together to learn, connect, play, and grow. Know anyone who may be interested in joining a club? Please share this flyer with them.
What Hope Means and How You Can Help
Hope is popular word these days, particularly in April during DCAC’s Hope Starts Here campaign for Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, which features Jane Goodall’s remarkable and honest perspective, defines hope as: “hope is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity. It […]
Why You Should Participate in Hope Starts Here
Every child deserves a childhood filled with hope. Yet, thousands of Colorado children experience abuse every year. They need us to speak up, step up, and show up. By creating a Hope Starts Here fundraising page, you can help raise much-needed awareness and funds in April during Child Abuse Prevention Month for Denver Children’s Advocacy […]
Help a Child in Need: Donate Essential Items to DCAC
Every day, DCAC supports children facing unimaginable challenges. One simple way you can help is by donating essential personal care items—like socks, toothbrushes, or hairbrushes. These small items provide comfort, dignity, and a sense of normalcy to kids in crisis. We are currently in need of the following new items to include in backpacks we […]
Denver Children’s Advocacy Center Welcomes New Executive Director
The Denver Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC) Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that Will Braunstein has accepted his new role as Executive Director. Braunstein brings decades of experience as an entrepreneur and community advocate to the role. Braunstein is no stranger to DCAC; he has served as a board member for nearly six years […]
DCAC Releases Its 2023 Annual Report
I am honored to present to you Denver Children’s Advocacy Center’s (DCAC) annual report. Over the past year, our team at DCAC has continued to be at the forefront of preventing and responding to child abuse in our community. Through our dedicated efforts in community outreach, assessment and treatment, rapid response, and collaboration with partners, […]
DCAC Volunteer of the Month: Sally
Sally has been an amazing asset here at DCAC. She has not only bonded with staff but with our families and clients as well. We’ve had a family of 3 kiddos that were just beyond excited to come to therapy to spend time with her. Sally is always willing to help with any task and […]
Every Gift Makes a Difference
Colorado Gives Day is December 6th, but you can make your donation starting today, November 1st. Your Colorado Gives Day donation to Denver Children’s Advocacy Center goes directly to support our work to prevent abuse, strengthen families, and restore childhood. Help Colorado children overcome the trauma abuse, knowing that no matter what donation you make, […]
Vote for us with Target!
We are honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. And you have the chance to help direct a portion of Target’s donation to us! Now through December 31st, vote for us through the Target Circle program to help determine […]
Support DCAC while also saving on your taxes!
Thanks to the Colorado Child Care Contribution Credit program, donors can leverage their gifts to DCAC with contribution credits! For every $1 you donate, you can earn 70¢ back in tax credit. Ready to learn more and get started? Click here.
Thank you to our in-kind donors
DCAC has several fundraising events coming up, including a golf tournament, a cornhole tournament, and a clay-shooting tournament. We are grateful to the in-kind sponsors who are creating more opportunities for DCAC to raise funds at these events through silent auctions, as a way of supporting of our mission to prevent abuse, strengthen families, and […]
Front Desk Volunteers Needed
DCAC is looking for volunteers to help at our front desk greeting children and their families as they arrive for treatment sessions and forensic interviews. We need volunteers who can commit to at least one shift a week. If you are available for shifts occurring on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays from either 8:45am to 12pm or […]
Spring happenings at DCAC
The DCAC team is committed to empowering communities with prevention strategies and engaging in outreach to provide resources and support. This spring, students at Oakland, Holm, and Cory Elementary Schools learned about self-respect and safety. Students such as those pictured above learned how to say no to an unwanted touch (even if it doesn’t hurt […]
Your Colorado Gives Day Gift Empowers!
DCAC gives every child an opportunity to tell their story fully, and without the fear placed on them by their abuser. Here, children are believed and protected. With your help, DCAC coordinates a heroic team of experts, working every day to restore hope. We provide a continuum of care, from victim advocacy to therapy, serving […]
John Doe, age 10
John’s parents always tried to provide the best for him, including with his soccer league and coach. John loved soccer and was pretty decent at the sport. Plus, his coach always listened when John expressed the pressures of his home life – being the youngest of four while his parents were on the path to […]