Mission Statement

The Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center is a not-for-profit agency that, along with our partner agencies, provides services in Okaloosa and Walton Counties which:

• prevent child abuse
  
• reduce the trauma of sexual and physical abuse
• protect and treat child abuse victims and their families while holding offenders accountable
• restore the lives and futures of abused, neglected, and drug-endangered children and their families.

Guiding Principles

In fulfilling our mission the Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center embraces these guiding principles:

• To bring together and facilitate the work of professionals from our partner agencies: the State Attorney’s Office, the Child Protection Team, the Florida Department of Children and Families and area law enforcement agencies under one roof in a child-friendly environment
• To provide intervention and therapeutic treatment services at no charge to child victims of abuse and their families
• To offer child abuse prevention education and training in Okaloosa and Walton Counties
• To connect children and families traumatized by abuse with needed community resources

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