#PowerToTheKids Day of Advocacy
July 13, 2021
“We live in a noisy world. Too often we cannot hear or do not listen to the quietest voices – the voices of vulnerable children in our community who have been victims child abuse and child sexual abuse,” said Child Advocacy Center director Sharon De Boer. “July 14 is the #PowerToTheKids Day of Advocacy. Child abuse victims need us as to amplify their voices to advocate for their voices to resonate from forensic interview rooms, to court rooms, to the United States Congress.”
What is the Victims of Crime Act?
The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) was created in 1984 by the Reagan Administration to provide critically needed services to crime victims. VOCA funds programs that serve crime victims across Tennessee and the nation, including child advocacy centers, domestic violence programs, rape crisis centers, and the District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Programs.
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Tennessee suspends shelter license following staffer arrest
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee officials on Thursday suspended the license of a Chattanooga shelter for immigrant children after one of the employees was arrested following abuse allegations.
by Associated Press
Jul. 2 2021 @ 11:05pm
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee officials on Thursday suspended the license of a Chattanooga shelter for immigrant children after one of the employees was arrested following abuse allegations.
The move comes as Tennessee s top Republican leaders have called for more scrutiny surrounding the shelter. They allege the federal government has not been transparent when pressed about immigrant children moving through the state.
Tennessee suspends shelter license following staffer arrest
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jul 1, 2021 at 7:30 pm EDT
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee officials on Thursday suspended the license of a Chattanooga shelter for immigrant children after one of the employees was arrested following abuse allegations.
The move comes as Tennessee’s top Republican leaders have called for more scrutiny surrounding the shelter. They allege the federal government has not been transparent when pressed about immigrant children moving through the state.
That rhetoric only intensified after Department of Children’s Services Commissioner Jennifer Nichols told lawmakers that in early June during an unannounced inspection of a Chattanooga shelter, a young boy reported he had witnessed “an act that, in our policy, would substantiate and require an investigation” while at the facility.