A county public-private partnership of Orange County’s Social
Services Agency, Health Care Agency, and the District Attorney’s
Office and the non-profit Orange County Child Abuse Prevention
Center, formed to decrease the trauma for abused children and
their families by offering a coordinated child-friendly approach
to child abuse investigations. CAST conducts forensic interviews
and forensic medical examinations, provides expert legal
testimony, and supports victims and non-offending family members
with mental health crisis intervention services and voluntary
child advocacy services.
