Who are we?

We are a service partner of Dr. Thomas D. Lyon's Child Interviewing Lab at USC's Gould Law School, a nationally-recognized program optimizing protocols for forensic interviewing of abused and neglected children.

What do we do?

The mobileCAC of Los Angeles, Inc. (dba ‘The Mobile Child Interviewing Lab’) conducts legally-defensible, trauma-informed and victim-centered, recorded and transcripted forensic interviews of child abuse victims free of charge to law enforcement detectives, social workers, and county and city attorneys investigating their cases. The testimonies of these young victims are a vital part of the evidence used to prosecute their offenders. We also provide advocacy services to the victims and their non-offending family members.

Cases involving 'in-custody' suspects require timely filings of charges, and the mobile delivery of victim interviews are an efficient way to support them. Services are conveniently delivered at the locations of the requesting agencies to simplify the process, and to expedite and strengthen their cases.

How do we do it?

The forensic interviews and advocacy services we provide are conducted at the requesting agency's own location - the police station, the social worker's or attorney's office or another location (e.g. hospital) using our state-of-the-art mobile or portable interviewing lab services. This approach eliminates the need for detectives investigating cases of child abuse to schedule and coordinate the transportation of victims and their families to separate physical locations to receive these urgent services. It is our intent to make our services as accessible, convenient, comfortable and transparent as possible.

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Your contributions will have a huge impact!

We are trying to meet the following ongoing funding needs;

$10,000 will fund 65, 2-hour forensic interviews at $75/hour
$5,000 will fund 70, 2-hour advocacy sessions with the victims' families at $35/hour
$3,000 to fund 120 hours of driver/technician compensation at $25/hour
$2,500 will purchase a laptop, auxiliary camera, microphone and recording software
$2,000 will provide ongoing accounting support
$1,000 will fund recurring administrative costs, including stationary & supplies and child support items
$25, $100, $250, $500 -- No amount is too small!

You will be supporting professionally-trained Forensic Interview Specialists and Family Advocates!

Our forensic interviewers and family advocates receive ongoing training on a variety of topics pertinent to the services they provide. Recurring training is victim-centered, trauma-informed, and evidence-based. It includes optimizing interviewing skills and techniques, providing updates of research-based forensic interview protocols, interviewer and advocate peer review, sexual assault counseling, and trauma awareness training -- including the ability to identify symptoms of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. All staff have educational backgrounds in subjects relevant to their roles, such as forensic psychology and therapeutic counseling.

Your donations are 100% tax-deductible!

The mobileCAC of Los Angeles Inc. has been organized exclusively for charitable purposes under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN: 99-1562089).

The Story of the Mobile Child Interviewing Lab

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The Story of the Mobile Child Interviewing Lab