Welcome to The Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center
A Place of Hope and Healing
Established as a nonprofit in 2024, the Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center (TCCAC) was created to provide a safe, supportive space for children when there are concerns of abuse in Tillamook County. Our center is designed to minimize trauma and reduce the number of times a child must share their story, ensuring children and families receive compassionate, coordinated care during incredibly difficult moments.
The Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center offers a trauma-informed, child-friendly environment where children can feel safe, supported, and heard. Through collaboration with law enforcement, Child Protective Services, medical providers, and other multidisciplinary partners, the center helps ensure that investigations and services are handled in a way that prioritizes the well-being and healing of the child.
Serving families across the northwestern Oregon coast, the center provides critical services to children in Tillamook County who may be experiencing abuse or neglect. In 2024, approximately 50–75 children were referred to the center, most commonly by Child Protective Services, law enforcement, or medical providers for evaluation related to concerns of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, drug endangerment, or exposure to domestic violence.
At its core, the Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center exists to ensure that no child has to face abuse alone and that every child has access to support, safety, and a path toward healing.
Vision & Mission
Our Vision is a caring community, free of child abuse, where everyone is invested in raising healthy children.
Our Mission is to provide trauma informed compassionate interviewing through prevention, assessment, treatment and support for children and families who may have been impacted by child abuse.
Our Story
The Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center was built from the shared vision of a community committed to protecting children. What began nearly two decades ago as a conversation among members of Tillamook County’s Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) has grown through years of dedication, collaboration, and persistence.
In the early years, professionals working with abused children sought ways to improve how cases were handled in our rural community. The MDT began by receiving specialized training and working to conduct more coordinated, trauma-informed interviews in the field. Over time, those efforts evolved into recorded forensic interviews conducted in a small, shared space.
As the need for services continued to grow, the community took another step forward by establishing an assessment center within the Tillamook Family Counseling Center, creating a more child-friendly setting where children could be supported through the investigative process.
Today, that vision has expanded even further. The Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center now operates as its own nonprofit organization with a dedicated facility designed specifically to support children and families during some of their most difficult moments.
Our journey reflects the power of community collaboration, perseverance, and a shared belief that children deserve safety, compassion, and a path toward healing.
Our Mission. Our Model.
The mission of the Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center (TCCAC) is to compassionately assess and support children who have experienced, or may have experienced, abuse or neglect. Our goal is to reduce additional trauma for children and families by providing coordinated, child-focused services in one safe and supportive location.
We work collaboratively with local law enforcement, the District Attorney’s Office, Child Protective Services, mental health providers, and Crime Victim Services to ensure children receive comprehensive care while minimizing the number of times they must share their story.
The services provided at the Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center follow a medical model of care, which may include a forensic interview and a referral for a medical evaluation conducted in a comfortable, child-friendly environment. This approach allows trained professionals to gather information necessary for investigations while prioritizing the safety, dignity, and well-being of the child.
Our facility is intentionally designed to be welcoming and trauma-informed, helping make the investigative and support process less intimidating for children and their families while improving the effectiveness of intervention and follow-up services.
When appropriate, referrals are made for trauma recovery and behavioral health services for children, non-offending caregivers, and adult survivors of abuse. Through partnerships with licensed providers in our community, individuals may access evidence-based therapies, psychosocial education, and support groups that help foster healing and long-term resilience.
In addition to direct services, the Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center is committed to community education and prevention. We provide age-appropriate abuse prevention and safety education throughout Tillamook County, working with schools and community partners to create an arc of awareness and empowerment that reaches every age group—from preschool children to adults.
Thank You to the Siletz Tribe Charitable Contribution Fund
February 2025- The Tillamook County Child Advocacy Center extends our sincere gratitude to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Charitable Contribution Fund for their generous support.
This contribution helps strengthen our ability to provide coordinated, trauma-informed services to children and families in Tillamook County who have experienced abuse. Through this support, we are better able to collaborate with community partners, respond to the needs of victims, and ensure children receive compassionate care in a safe and supportive environment.
We are deeply thankful for the Siletz Tribe’s continued commitment to the well-being of children, families, and communities across our region.
