What is the Wynonas House Child Advocacy Center?
A. The Wynona’s House Child Advocacy Center was opened in October, 2000 as an historic partnership between the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the Wynona’s House not-for-profit family service organization, and the State of New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services. This Center started at Beth Israel Hospital on Lyons Avenue in Newark and relocated in 2007 to 185 Washington St., Newark, near downtown (accessible by the NJ Transit Newark Light Rail Line and various bus lines). This facility is dedicated solely to the investigation, prosecution and treatment of child physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect victims in Essex County. The Center represents the first co-location model in New Jersey where staff from Children’s Hospital, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the State of New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services work together in one location. Its goal is to create a warm and non-threatening environment where the proper
