
Investigative
DCAC coordinates a multidisciplinary team approach in response to allegations of severe child abuse in Dallas County.

Healing
DCAC provides a safe place for children and their families to begin the healing process after experiencing criminal child abuse or witnessing a violent crime.

Training
DCAC believes education and training are among the community’s best defenses against those who seek to harm children.

Child Abuse Statistics

of sexually abused children won’t disclose their abuse for at least a year

Children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday

Of DCAC Clients know their offender

Children & eligible family members served by DCAC
Dallas Children’s Advocacy is one of the first children’s advocacy centers to be established in Texas, which now has over 70 centers of varying sizes and scopes of services. DCAC opened its doors in 1991 and today serves over 13,000 children and their non-offending family members each year.