Training, support, and education for MDT members

Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition (ICACC) provides training, support, and education for multidisciplinary team members participating in child welfare and maltreatment investigations. ICACC is the only authorized and contracted organization In Indiana to provide ChildFirst™ training.

Nationally recognized, evidence-based, and focused on the child

Indiana’s accepted model for investigations

The accepted forensic interview model throughout Indiana’s criminal justice system.

Evidence-based

ChildFirst™ is backed by years of peer-reviewed research.

Over 20 years of training expertise

The nonprofit Indiana Child Advocacy Centers Coalition (ICACC) began in 2003 to create and facilitate the training of multidisciplinary teams who investigate, respond to, and provide for the needs of the victims and families of child maltreatment.

Networking and connecting professionals across Indiana through advanced training and education.

Training hundreds of Hoosier MDT members and child advocacy professionals.

Improving outcomes for kids and families with high-quality forensic interviews.

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Offered across Indiana 3x annually

Courses are offered regularly, with most years seeing a spring, summer, and fall course rotating through a northern, central, and southern Indiana location.

Convenient locations hold classes each year, one each in northern, central, and southern Indiana.

Classes are held regularly, usually once in the spring, summer, and fall each year. Browse the upcoming schedule.

A map of Indiana with counties outlined in white, with three distinctly colored regions of the northern, central, and southern portions.
Participants engage in a rigorous 5-day course designed to expand your ability to help kids lead conversations, aid investigations, and heal.
Dept. Daisy, a therapy dog poses with her handler from Madison County, Indiana
Participants engage with multiple members of the MDT, including law enforcement.

Find a training near you

Trainings are offered three times a year. Each class rotates through a northern, central, and southern location.