Children's advocacy centers
Case management for Children's Advocacy Centers
CACs, from single centers to statewide networks, run on Collaborate. A new CAC program starts with 15 MDT forms, VOCA and NCA built in, and forensic interviews handed to forenzo.io.
“We’re using data to ensure all kids get the same level of service across the county.”
Jennifer PuthoffProgram Manager, Santa Clara County Children's Advocacy Center
Built the way a CAC works
A new CAC program starts with 15 forms, and every one of them can be changed to match your center.
- Everyone on one case. Victim, caregiver, alleged perpetrator, witness and head of household, each with their own intake.
- The MDT on the record. MDT case coordination, forensic interview details, medical exams, mental health, criminal-justice outcomes, through to discharge.
- Capture once. A child's demographics are entered one time and shared by every case and form they appear in.
VOCA and NCA, ready before the deadline
- VOCA and NCA fields are built into the CAC configuration.
- A Funder Compliance tab shows every required data point as Met or Gap, and which field covers it, while there is still time to fix it.
- Collaborate's tested reports compute the numbers, so the same question gives the same numbers every run.
- Ask the reporting agent, the AI assistant that runs your funder reports, for your VOCA, VAWA, SASP, NCA, HMIS, IFSATS or TANF report in chat. The numbers come from those same tested reports.
“With Collaborate, we're able to report on wait times for Forensic Interviews, and we are confident we can obtain additional state funding if we can reduce those wait times.”
Thomas KnappExecutive Director, South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers
Forensic interviews, handed to forenzo.io
Opened from the case
From a case, staff open forenzo.io with the case already filled in, and upload the interview there.
Chain of custody
The recording stays in forenzo.io's chain-of-custody system. No video passes through Collaborate.
For the programs that need it
Turn it on for the programs that run forensic interviews.
$19 per interview
For Collaborate customers ($29 standalone), and the first three are free.
Statewide networks and state partners
State CAC networks run on Collaborate. Each member center gets its own workspace, staff can belong to several, and funder fields use the same definitions in every workspace, so centers report the same way.
Several of these networks built data exchanges with their state's child welfare agency on Collaborate.
Now in pilot with the South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers: state chapters and coalitions fund and oversee their member centers, each with its own secure workspace, with statewide VOCA, NCA and HMIS reporting rolled up across them.
“It's professionalized our data collection and reporting so much. Previous to Collaborate, some of our centers were still using spreadsheets. No one was on a unified system. With Collaborate, we brought everybody together.”
Dawn MeyerIT Operations Manager, Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas
Moving to the new Collaborate
Existing Collaborate CACs are moving to the new platform. Import has a dry run and a one-step undo, and Network Ninja runs large migrations with you.
Security
Network Ninja is HIPAA compliant and audited annually for both HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 2.
See it configured for your programs.
Bring your forms and your funder list, and we will show you how they fit.