$957K in expenses

Mission clinical services includes the activities of cooper-anthony mercy child advocacy center. The cooper-anthony mercy child advocacy center is a place where a comprehensive and coordinated approach is taken in response to allegations of child abuse. Children who may have been abused or who are witness to violent crime are referred by the arkansas state police, division of children and family services or law enforcement, for a recorded forensic interview, and evidentiary exam. At the cooper-anthony mercy child advocacy center, specially trained child interviewers, investigators, law enforcement and medical personnel form a team to make decisions about investigation, treatment and prosecution of child abuse cases. This approach proposes that children receive child-focused services in a child-friendly environment - one in which the child's needs come first. Services provided include forensic interviewing, medical examinations, and child advocacy.