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Category: Advocates

Meet our Compliance Coordinator, Annette M. Long-Tulio!

Posted in: Advocates | Education and Advocacy | News
Date: March 31, 2021

MCAP’s volunteer attorneys, known throughout Montgomery County as “MCAPs,” represent hundreds of child victims each year.  They all say it is the most rewarding work they do!  In addition to the mandatory training “The Art of Representing Children†required of all MCAPs, there are several clearances our volunteers need complete before they can start taking cases. As MCAP’s first Compliance Coordinator, part of my […]

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Category: Advocates

Legal Operations Update with MCAP Senior Staff Attorney Sharon Hofer

Posted in: Advocates | News | Resources | Special Guests | Uncategorized
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COVID 19 has affected all of us, on so many levels. While there is light at the end of the tunnel, every day we learn of more children being harmed by family members. Families have struggled and continue to struggle during this pandemic. Unfortunately, the effect of the pandemic on our mental health will not subside as soon as life returns to “normal.†  […]

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Category: Advocates

Legal Operations Update

Posted in: Advocates | News
Date: October 19, 2020

by Sharon Hofer, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney It has been eight long months since we began our “new normal.’ Many of us are still working remotely, including our MCAP Staff.  We have been very busy because, sadly, this new normal still includes child abuse. We have received many questions regarding which […]

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Category: Advocates

#MondayMotivation: Melissa Boyd, Esq.

Posted in: Advocates
Date: April 5, 2020

Who’s our #MondayMotivation? Our MCAP advocates, of course! That’s why we’re shining our spotlight on one of them every Monday during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our MCAP corps is made up of 140 professional attorneys who donate more than 8,000 hours per year to their cases with child victims […]

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Category: Advocates

From Our Director: Welcome to MCAP’s new blog!

Posted in: Advocates | Education and Advocacy | News | Notes from Mary | Special Guests | Stories of Impact
Date: September 7, 2018

Over the last year MCAP has been using social media more than ever. We posted and shared on Facebook, revved up our Tweeting game, and even did a couple of Facebook Lives! Social media is so important for a small, budget-conscious nonprofit like MCAP. It extends our reach far beyond […]

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