Big Sandy Area CAC; Judi's Place for Kids

Executive Director:
Laura Kretzer
Email Address:
Laura.Kretzer@ky.gov
Address:
106 Williamson Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
Website:
www.judisplace.org
Phone Number:
(606) 437-7447
Fax Number:
(606) 432-0508
NCA Membership Status:
Associate
Year Established:
2001
Children Served:
104 / year
Board Composition:
Attorneys, CPA, religious leaders, nurses, former First Lady of Kentucky, former TV news personality, other community business leaders, ex-officio member of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Partnerships

Partners in bold are colocated at the the CAC's facility.

Types of Abuse Cases Handled

This CAC serves childen ages 3 to 17, who have been the victims of:

Mission Statement

To lessen the trauma experienced by the child victim of abuse by providing a child-friendly center with a warm, homelike, supportive environment where intervention efforts can be offered to reduce the stress to the abused child and parent or adult caregiver. The Center further commits to raise public awareness for the need to stop and prevent physcial and sexual abuse against innocent children.

Services Provided

Name Provider Description
Case Review CAC Staff
Case Tracking CAC Staff
Courtroom CAC Staff
Depositions Prosecutor's Offices
Investigations Department for Protection and Permanency
Medical Exams CAC contract staff
Risk Assessments Department for Protection and Permanency
Supervised Visitation Department for Protection and Permanency
MDT Review CAC Staff
Counseling Mental Health Provider
Forensic Interviews CAC Staff
Advocacy CAC Staff Personal Advocacy such as answering questions, educating the family on how the system works, coordinating services, support
Case Coordination CAC Staff Coordination of Case with Multi-Team
Crisis Intervention CAC Staff Crisis Counseling via telephone and in person
Information and Referral CAC Staff Link families and children to needed resources
Prevention CAC Staff, Mental Health Provider Public service announcements, brochures, collaboration with prevention, working from community mental health center