$5,000
Provides 60+ hours of technical assistance and expert consultation for one Child Advocacy Center, enhancing the direct services offered to child abuse victims.
$1,500
Supports policy changes and stakeholder education regarding felony child abuse cases.
$1,000
Ensures training opportunities for Child Advocacy Center staff and local multidisciplinary teams to improve decisions affecting investigation, treatment, management, and prosecution of child abuse cases.
$500
Supports forensic interview training and one year of ongoing peer support for child abuse professionals responsible for conducting interviews with child victims and providing testimony for the criminal court process.
$100
Enhances Mississippi college and university partnerships to promote CAST curriculum and case simulations through the Child Advocacy Training Institute supporting workforce development.
$75
Provides statewide awareness of the Children’s Advocacy Center model and education resources for parents on ways they can protect children from abuse.
2025 Community Partners
Current Protector’s Circle
Protector’s Circle Members serve as voice for children victimized by abuse through increasing community awareness, promoting prevention, and financially strengthening the coordinated work of Children’s Advocacy Centers of Mississippi. Individuals join the Protector’s Circle through a pledged $1,000 annual donation.
Gabriel Prado Marie Sanderson John Stevens
Tony & Liz Torricelli
Linda Trifone
David Trigiani
Allen & Karla Tye
Nancy Tye-Murray & David Murray
Mark & Carolyn Wakefield
Will Watson Jamie Woods-Dull
David & Cheryl Allen
Brenda Barron
Patricia Bennett
Boatner & Laura Blankenstein
Alton & Katie Boone
Jennifer Boydston Heath & Sheila Brand
Abby Brann
LeAnne Brewer
Richard & Dana Calderone
Kelly Cameron
Mike & Lanita Campbell
Kirk & Cindy Carraway
Barbara Collier Elizabeth Crisler
DiDi Childress Ellis
Dr. Owen Evans
Mark & Kit Fields
Amanda Fontaine
Julie Gresham
John Hudson
Nancy Hungerford
Peder Johnson
Andrew & Barbara Mallinson
Patti Marshall
Angel Myers McIlrath, District Attorney - MS 19th Circuit Court District
Michael McRee
Mississippi Prosecutors Association Rhonda Moore