The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center has been at the forefront in the battle against child abuse. While some might mistake this as a local grassroots effort, they’re so behind the times.
DCAC has been setting a leadership role when it comes to “our nation’s most critical issues” in dealing with child abuse.
The most recent component is the DCAC Research Institute that will “provide leadership on evidence-based practices, with a particular focus on the effectiveness of intervention, investigations, long-term outcomes and prevention services for child abuse victims.”
According to DCAC COO Dr. Ashley Lind, “This Institute allows DCAC to explore the gaps in understanding and lead national research focused on how CACs affect children’s lives.”
It was just announced that Dr. Jeffrey Wherry has been named Director of the Institute. Having previously served as the Rockwell Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech, where he “founded and directed the Adverse Childhood Experiences Clinic at the Institute for Child and Family Studies,” he has “nearly 35 years of professional expertise in the field of child abuse.”
Jeffrey said, “I am confident that DCAC is one of the best CAC’s in the nation. This is a perfect marriage, as it affords me the opportunity to do more meaningful research to help children and their families not only in the present but also years down the road.”
The Institute is funded by a grant from RGK Foundation and Hillcrest Foundation.