The Children's Advocacy Centers Of Michigan

The Children's Advocacy Centers Of Michigan, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Grand Haven, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient (7% of recent awards) and subrecipient (93%) delivering child sexual abuse prevention education, professional development for investigative and child welfare professionals, and evidence-based trauma response services to child advocacy centers across Michigan.

The Children's Advocacy Centers Of Michigan has received $2 million in combined federal dollars across fourteen awards since 2023, with activity concentrated in the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (5 awards), the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (4 awards), and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (3 awards) across all customer tiers. The organization operates almost entirely in a subrecipient role; its sole prime grant award came on August 31, 2026, when HHS Administration for Children and Families awarded $259,000 under the Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647) running through August 30, 2027. That award funds community-based prevention education on child sexual abuse, professional development to expand knowledge of child sexual abuse prevention and response to children with problematic sexual behavior, and a comprehensive learning cohort in problematic sexual behavior cognitive behavior therapy — work performed in Michigan supporting the state's network of Children's Advocacy Centers.

In its subrecipient capacity, The Children's Advocacy Centers Of Michigan receives flow-through funding from National Children's Alliance Inc. under Chapter Core Services and the National Subgrants Program, as well as from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for training crime victim service professionals and innovations in multidisciplinary practice initiatives (multiple sub-awards spanning 2023 through 2025). The subrecipient award stream reflects the organization's role as one center within a federated network of child advocacy centers receiving coordinated support for forensic interviews, victim advocacy, and mental health services. One award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. The organization's federal footprint remains geographically concentrated in Michigan and operationally focused on child sexual abuse response, prevention, and trauma treatment within the child welfare and victim services ecosystems.