Nueces County Children's Advocacy Center
The Nueces
County Children's Advocacy Center is a collaborative effort of Public Agencies
charged with investigating, prosecuting, and treating child victims of sexual
and physical abuse. The partner agencies involved include:
Texas
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services - Child Protective
Services
Corpus Christi Police Department
Nueces County Sheriff's
Department
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Nueces County Disrict Attorney's
Office
Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center
Although the Advocacy
Center works primarily with clients living in Nueces County, we also provide
courtesy interviews for other surrounding counties such as Bee County, Live Oak
County, Aransas County, etc.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
The
following is a list of additional child protective service providers in the
area:
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services
Address
Austin,
TX
Phone
(512)
438-4800
Hours
Mon - Fri (8 -
5)
Eligibility
Anyone
Services Provided: The mission of the Texas Department
of Protective and Regulatory Services is to protect the
unprotected.
Texas
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services - Coastal Bend
Region
*Child Protective Services
To protect children and to act
in the child's best interest, investigate reports of abuse and
neglect. Provide children with in-home services and substitute care
and arrange adoptive placement.
Eligibility: Any child being abused or
neglected.
Fees:
None
Alice
Address:
408 North Airport
Road
Phone:
(361)
660-2257
Hours:
Mon - Fri 8 - 5
Aransas
Pass
Address:
524 South
Commercial
Phone:
(361) 758-7631
X-238
Hours:
Mon - Fri 8 -
5
Beeville
Address:
1800 South
Washington
Ste
1
Phone:
(361) 358-4303
Abuse
Hotline:
1-800-252-5400
Hours:
Mon - Fri 8 -
5
Kingsville
Address:
1404 South
14th
Phone:
(361)
592-1087
Hours:
Mon - Fri 8 - 5
Corpus
Christi
Address:
4201
Greenwood
Phone:
(361)
854-2011
Hours:
Mon - Fri 8 - 5
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL OF SOUTH
TEXAS
Location 502
McClendon
Street
Corpus
Christi, TX 78408
Phone
(361) 855-9058;
855-5412
Hours
Mon - Fri 8:30 - 4:00
Services Provided: The Child Abuse
Prevention Council of South Texas is an active coalition of individuals and
groups working together through education, service and advocacy to prevent child
abuse and neglect. CAPCOST and the Nueces County Children's Advocacy Center
share a decision-making board. The Nueces County Children's Advocacy
Center is a service agency for child victims and non-offending family members
who have been a victim of child sexual abuse or physical abuse working in
cooperation with law enforcement and Child Protective
Services. Services offered include: forensic interviewing, therapy
referral, crisis counseling and victim's
services.
Eligibility: None Fees:
None
CHILDHELP
USA
Address:
15757 North 78th
Street
Scottsdale, AZ
85260
Phone:
1-800-422-4453
(480)
922-8212
Hours:
24hours/7 days
Services Provided: Childhelp USA is one of the
oldest national organizations dedicated to the prevention, treatment and
research of child abuse. Childhelp USA'S National Child Abuse Hotline
operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is accessible from all fifty
states, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The
Hotline provides crisis intervention, information and referral to
agencies and services, which range from adult survivor tgreatment to domestic
violence shelters, child abuse evaluations to substance abuse rehabilitation
programs, local health services to national prevention
resources.
Eligibility: Victims of child
abuse Fees: None