The Impact of CYAC's

While CYAC's across Canada and beyond are continuing to develop best practices, the positive impact of CYAC's and more coordinated teams has been sustained and well documented. Namely, a summary of research conducted on the Social Value of Boost CYAC over the past 8 years has found that CYAC's have effectively reduced emotional, financial and physical hardship on children and youth who are abused, increased access to services through various means which include but are not limited to:

• Increased number of timely referrals
• Expedited delivery of care to those with most urgent needs
• Longer engagement with clients to identify additional services needs as they develop

Other positive outcomes included an increased capacity of partner agencies through, more comprehensive consultations, both times and costs savings and increased professional development. In the 950 CYAC's that exist worldwide, 380,494 children have been helped by them in the previous year alone and 1,598.005 people have been equipped through training in child abuse prevention by CYAC experts (National Children's Alliance, 2023). These findings affirm the ways in which CYAC's have the capacity to improve the quality of life for children in Durham Region.