Wasatch County's Children's Justice Center provides a comfortable, neutral, child-friendly atmosphere for children to receive coordinated services during the child abuse investigative process.
Our Mission
- To provide a comfortable, child-friendly atmosphere for the alleged victims of child abuse to receive coordinated services during the investigative process.
- To ensure that each child who enters the CJC for an interview will be treated with respect and care with no regard to their ethnicity, religion, gender, or disability.
- To decrease the secondary trauma that can inadvertently be caused by the criminal justice and child protection systems.
- To encourage the prompt and efficient processing of cases by sharing of information and improving coordination.
- To minimize the number of times a child may be interviewed through coordinated efforts.
- To focus on what is in the child’s best interest by providing every opportunity for service, protection, and prosecution where appropriate.
- To track children’s cases as needed for the benefit of the children.
- To ensure that every child who is alleged to have been abused receives a medical examination when necessary.
More information regarding the statutory requirements for Children’s Justice Centers can be found at Utah Code Chapter 67-5b.
Please reach out to the Wasatch County Children’s Justice Center staff with questions or for information regarding local resources.
The Wasatch County Children’s Justice Center is an accredited National Children’s Alliance member.
