Governor Mikie Sherrill • Lt. Governor Dr. Dale G. Caldwell
About

The Child Advocacy Center – Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board (CAC-MDT Advisory Board) exists in, but not of, the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. Its primary focus is the promotion of professional standards of quality in regards to New Jersey’s child advocacy centers – facilities that serve as safe spaces for the victims of child abuse and neglect, and which provide programs focused on abuse and neglect prevention. 

The CAC-MDT Advisory Board is charged with establishing a certification program for the State’s child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that the certified centers and teams comply with the accreditation standards developed by the National Children’s Alliance.  The CAC-MDT Advisory Board will also be responsible for assisting in the development of new accredited child advocacy centers and the enhancement of those centers that currently exist in order to obtain accreditation.

The CAC-MDT Advisory Board is comprised of volunteer members who have expertise in child welfare, child advocacy centers, and multidisciplinary teams – coordinated groups of experts that investigate claims of child abuse and neglect, sometimes in connection with the services provided at the Child Advocacy Center.  These members possess a variety of experience ranging from law enforcement to family advocates.

To attend a meeting of The Child Advocacy Center - Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board please contact Bethany.D'Amelio@dcf.nj.gov.

Patricia Hayek
Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office
4997 Unami Blvd.
P.O. Box 2002
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Phone: (609) 909-7796
Fax: (609) 909-7874

Susan Tanis
Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office
Office of Victim/Witness Advocacy
10 Main Street, Room 155
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone: (201) 226-5792
Fax: (201) 646-2264

Mary Anne Wisniewski
Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office
118 High Street
P.O. Box 6000
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060

Phone: (609) 265-5881
Fax: (609) 265-5906

Jill S. Mayer
Camden County Prosecutor’s Office
200 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone: (856) 614-8000
Fax: (856) 580-6050

Jennifer Caprioni
Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office
Office of Victim Witness Advocacy
4 Moore Road, DN 110
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Phone: (609) 463-6483
Fax: (609) 465-6766

Sarah Freites
Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office
Office of Victim Witness Advocacy
164 W. Broad Street
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Phone: (856) 451-3177
Fax: (856) 453-5219

Nicole Slavik
Wynona's House Child Advocacy Center
185 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 753-1116
Fax: (973) 645-1026

Kris Gallagher
Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office
P.O. Box 623
Woodbury, NJ 08096
Phone: (856) 384-5557
Fax: (856) 384-8625

Silena R. Shuta
Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office
Office of Victim Witness Advocacy
Administration Building
595 Newark Avenue, 5th floor
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone: (201) 795-6400
Fax: (201) 369-5229

Barbara A. Bates
Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office
Victim Witness Advocate
PO Box 756
65 Park Avenue
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone: (908) 806-8765
Fax: (908) 788-6728

Beverly Regan
Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office
P.O. Box 8068
1589 South Lamberton Road
Trenton, NJ 08650
Phone: (609) 989-6734
Fax: (609) 989-7258

Diane Johnson
Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office
25 Kirkpatrick Street, 3rd floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 745-4198
Fax: (732) 745-3604

Sue Rekedal
Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office
c/o MCPO Investigative Division
132 Jerseyville Avenue
Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: (732) 731-7160
Fax: (732) 409-8991

Sara Velasquez
Deidre’s House Child Advocacy Center
8 Court Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: (973) 631-5000
Fax: (973) 829-8683

Carol Froberg
Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office
P.O. Box 2191
Toms River, NJ 08753
Phone: (732) 929-2027 Ext 3295
Fax: (732) 288-7279

Carmeta Vidal-Parkes
Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office
30 King Road
Totowa, NJ 07512
Phone: (973) 837-7651
Fax: (973) 837-7751

Sharmin Harvey
Salem County Prosecutor’s Office
87 Market Street, PO Box 462
Salem, NJ 08079
Phone: (856) 339-8630
Fax: (856) 935-8737

Bobbi Mowery
Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office
Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy
40 North Bridge Street
PO Box 3000
Somerville, NJ 08876
Phone: (908) 575-3381
Fax: (908) 203-1614

Ginnie’s House Child Advocacy Center
4 High Street, P.O Box 3156
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone: (973) 579-0770
Fax: (973) 579-1063

Maria Acosta
Union County Prosecutor's Office
123 Westfield Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Phone: (908) 965-3866
Fax: (908) 965-3872

Dorothy H. Magyar
Warren County Prosecutor’s Office
413 2nd Street
Belvidere, NJ 07823
Phone: (908) 475-6281
Fax: (908) 475-6286