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District Attorney recommending the Board approve and authorize the execution of perpetual agreement 4071 with CALICO - CACC, Children's Advocacy Centers of California, for the ongoing usage fees for the Collaborate Case Management system, a cloud software developed by Network Ninja.
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
A Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is a child-friendly facility in which law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical, and victim advocacy professionals work together to protect the emotional needs of child victims. The National Children’s Alliance (NCA) is the national association and accrediting body for a CAC. NCA sets the standards for accreditation to ensure that all children served by CACs receive consistent, evidence-based interventions that help them heal.
In 2018, the District Attorney was awarded funding from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to aid in obtaining NCA accreditation for the El Dorado County Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center (MDIC). For accreditation, staff has been preparing written policies and procedures for child focused settings, creating new interagency protocols to ensure NCA accreditation standards can be met, and has been compiling the information necessary to receive accreditation standards. As part of the accreditation, the CAC must begin utilizing required software for case tracking, provide surveys for families, and ensure forensic interviews are recorded and managed by the CAC for evidence and further discovery.
Because the CAC is required to use software for case tracking, it is imperative that the CAC have a secure system for storing, sharing, and maintaining case records for this program. The Children's Advocacy Centers of California (CACC), a program of CALICO, is providing funding on behalf of the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office for the installation and ongoing use of the Collaborate Case Management system. This program w...
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