ChairKathleen Short
Program Administrator
Department of Children and Families
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Vice ChairLt. Tod Goodyear
Supervisor, Special Victims Unit
Brevard County Sheriff's Office
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SecretaryJeanie Bondy
Casework Supervisor
Child Protection Team of Brevard
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Staff
Charles Biehl
Director
Children's Advocacy Center/Child Protection Team
Jamie Johnson
Accounting
Teresa Munroe
Communications & Development
Directors
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Andrea Alford
Director, Office of District and School Security
Brevard Public Schools
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Catherine Barmore, Ph.D.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
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Kim DelGaudio
Circuit Director
Guardian ad Litem Program
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Cassandra Elken
Supervising Attorney, Children's Legal Services
Department of Children and Families
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Julia Lynch
Assistant State Attorney
Office of the State Attorney
Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit
18th Judicial Circuit, Brevard
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Mary Stockett, MD
Medical Director
Child Protection Team
Pediatrician, Pediatrics in Brevard
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Purpose
The members of the Operations Board serve as advisors to the Children's
Advocacy Center of Brevard, which operates in accordance with the standards and
rules established in Florida Statute 39.001, 39.202-39.303.5. The CACB's
purpose is the development and maintenance of a multidisciplinary approach in
Brevard County that will:
- Coordinate the investigation of child abuse and neglect;
- Promote therapy for victims and non-offending family members;
- Assure appropriate legal disposition of child abuse cases;
- Promote interdisciplinary communication and training of personnel from the
various Brevard County offices, agencies and departments involved in the
protection, investigation, treatment and prosecution of child abuse and neglect
cases;
- Supervise, oversee and promote policy for the operation of the CACB, and make
such reports to the contributing offices, agencies, and departments as may be
required; and
- Act as liaison to the multidisciplinary professionals involved in the CACB
program.