Welcome to the website of the Lake Sumter Children's Advocacy Center!
Our mission is to provide a child friendly, community-based facility where a child victim can be safely interviewed, provided with crisis counseling and therapy, and receive specialized medical exams where needed.
Announcements & News
Child Protection Team Update
We are pleased to announce that the Center is on track to assume the Florida Department of Health Child Protection Contract on April 1, 2010. Exams are preformed by our on-staff ARNP, Karyn Walker, and administered by our Medical Director, Dr. Oludapo Soremi, a Board Certified Pediatrician and a Hospitalist with the Central Florida Health Alliance. Visit our Child Protection Team page for more information and updates.
O’Toole Bill to Aid Victims of Child Abuse, from The Villages Daily Sun
One of the state’s child advocacy groups could get a financial boost thanks to state Rep. Marlene O’Toole, R-The Villages. The District 42 representative recently filed a bill that would make it convenient to contribute to the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, an organization that provides support to child abuse victims. Read the entire article
Bids for Kids 2010: March 20, 2010
The Bids for Kids 2010 annual invitation barbecue and fundraiser will be held on March 20, 2010. Please visit our Bids for Kids page for more information and to register as a sponsor or to donate auction items.
Please join us in expressing our sympathy
Christopher K. Vinson passed away Sunday, November 29, 2009. He is survived by wife, Tammie Stinson Vinson, children Logan Vinson and Griffin Vinson, mother, Betty Vinson and mother-in-law and father-in-law, Jim and Paula Stinson. The family has requested that donations be made to the Lake Sumter Children’s Advocacy Center in memory of Christopher.
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