We bring professionals and communities together to protect children and vulnerable individuals affected by abuse, violence, or other trauma, while ensuring every child has a safe opportunity to be heard. Through collaboration, education, and advocacy, we advance safety, healing, and justice across Southeast Alaska.
What is the SAFE Child Advocacy Center?
The Southeast Alaska Family Evaluation Child Advocacy Center ( SAFE CAC) is a neutral, non-biased, child-friendly place serving children throughout Southeast Alaska. We partner with a multi-disciplinary team of community professionals who offer a coordinated response to allegations of child maltreatment and other crimes involving children. Services include:
- Forensic Interviews & Forensic Medical Examinations
- Mental Health Counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- Family Advocacy
- Community Education about Child Maltreatment, Prevention and Response, Problematic Sexual Behaviors, Mandatory Reporting, and more
SAFE CAC works to decrease the overall impact of maltreatment by collecting legally defensible evidence to support successful prosecutions, providing resources and advocacy to caregivers on how to protect and support their children, reducing total community impact through intervention and services; and decreasing the number of children harmed by educating the community about awareness and prevention.
SAFE CAC opened in 2001 through the collaboration of community partners working with children who experience maltreatment in our community. The multi-disciplinary team approach was adopted to provide the best possible services to children and their families.
SAFE CAC is an Accredited Member of the National Children’s Alliance and a member of the Alaska Children’s Alliance.
Contact Information
Telephone: (907) 463-6157
Fax: (888) 912-0869
Email: [email protected]
Location: The SAFE Child Advocacy Center is located in the valley; please call 463-6157 for directions and information.
SAFE CAC – In the News
Multi-Disciplinary Team and Partner Agencies
Our Core Values
Child-Centered: We prioritize the safety, well-being, dignity, and individual needs of every person we serve, creating an environment where children feel safe, respected, and supported by trustworthy adults.
Empowerment: We ensure those we serve are heard, respected, informed, and supported in making choices that promote safety, healing, and well-being.
Objectivity: We seek truth and support justice through neutral, fact-based, and unbiased practices.
Compassion: We approach every person, family, and case with empathy, kindness, respect, and understanding.
Collaboration: We work across disciplines, agencies, cultures, and communities to provide a coordinated, comprehensive response.
Accountability: We uphold high professional and ethical standards and take responsibility for providing transparent, thorough, and reliable services.
