‘We are in great need’ - Child Advocacy Center helping over 500 kids annually with reports of abuse

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A child advocacy center in Siouxland needs the community’s support this holiday season.

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Child Advocacy Center in Sioux City offers a child-friendly approach to investigating and responding to child abuse allegations. The center is a place where providers see children who have been referred from child protection services and law enforcement when there are allegations of abuse.

Right now, the center needs items like blankets, providing a sense of comfort and safety, no matter what the child’s past may hold.

Kasey Raveling is a mental health therapist, focused on trauma, using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Raveling said, “We work really hard to reduce the anxiety that families and children have. We do that by having certain p