Children's Trust combines needed public education outreach, effective advocacy, and a strong network of support for children and families and is dedicated to coordinating services that will improve the community by promoting awareness about child abuse, providing family support through education, providing a child-friendly environment for the investigation of abuse, and advocating for the best interests of abused and neglected children. Children's Trust operates five programs: Children's Advocacy Centers located in Roanoke, New River Valley, Carroll County and Bedford County. No individual, agency or discipline has all of the answers for the complex questions that arise once a child has been abused or neglected. The Children's Advocacy Center, a program of Children's Trust, is a child focused, community based created to ensure that children are not re-victimized by the very same system designed to protect them. The Children's Advocacy Center is a single program and facility that unites the people and services a child needs during the investigative process. Our goal is to reduce the emotional trauma to children during the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases. When families arrive at the CAC, they will enter a cozy, child-friendly waiting room. The child and family will be given a brief tour of the facility by the Family Advocate. A forensic interview will be conducted by a Forensic Interviewer who has completed extensive training in how to talk to children about allegations of abuse; who has conducted many child interviews and has been able to gain feedback and suggestions from other professionals in the filed of child abuse and neglect, and who will have access to Law Enforcement and Child Protective Services during the interview. The CAC staff will work with a multi-disciplinary team that includes medical professionals, law enforcement, mental health, the Commonwealth Attorney's office, child protective services, victim advocacy, and other professionals who make decisions together about how to help the child based on the interview. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) trains and supervises volunteers who advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in foster care, ensuring they have safe, permanent homes. Court-appointed volunteers get to know the child by talking with everyone in that child's life: parents and relatives, foster parents, teachers, medical professionals, attorneys, social workers, and others. They use the information they gather to inform judges and others of what the child needs and what will be the best permanent home for them. Healthy Families is a national home-based, evidence-based, family support and coaching program that supports parents and helps them create stable, nurturing environments for their children. The program matches parents with trained professionals who visit families' homes to provide support during pregnancy and the child's first three years of life. Home visitors teach parents about proper baby care, promote nurturing and attachment, practice effective parenting skills, and ensure parents have a solid understanding of healthy child development. They also counsel parents on achieving personal goals such as going back to school or securing a job. Children First offers child abuse prevention classes to children in schools (Speak Up Be Safe) and training for adults who work with children (Stewards of Children). Trauma Informed Community Network (TICN) seeks to educate the Roanoke Valley about trauma, Trauma-Informed Care, and Resiliency. TICN connects organizations in all sectors with resources, training, and techniques for implementing trauma-informed systems to help everyone thrive. The Roanoke Valley TICN is anchored by Children's Trust, which has committed to be the backbone agency, and now includes 20+ organizations.