About Us
The Child Witness Centre provides caring and compassionate support and advocacy for children and youth
who are, or may become, victims or witnesses of abuse or crime and their families – enabling and empowering them to use their voice, talk about their experience, help them be heard and support them so that they can heal and develop into strong community members. We are also working collaboratively with partners in our community in the new Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) in Waterloo Region – a seamless, child focused and best practice model for investigating report of child abuse and providing wraparound support to these
young victims, witnesses and their families so they feel heard, helped and begin to heal from the trauma. We provide proactive education and awareness about the challenges experienced, and support available, as well as strategies to help reduce the risk of kids becoming victims.