Children’s Home Society
Child Protection Team

1801 Miccousukee Commons Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 487-2838
Medical Director: Sam H. Moorer, MD
Team Coordinator: Kimberly Ellis
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The program provides highly specialized services to children who may have experienced some form of child maltreatment by their caretaker. The CPT provides diagnostic evaluations of children and their families to help the Department of Children and Families (DCF) determine the extent of any trauma experienced by the child. The CPT makes an initial assessment at the time of a referral to determine the type of comprehensive evaluations needed by the child and/or family. Some of the evaluations provided by the CPT include forensic, psychosocial, psychological, and medical evaluations. Other Specialized interviews are also available through the CPT, and are used to help supplement the DCF investigation. The multi-disciplinary team is available to the courts for expert court testimony. Recommendations are made for appropriate treatment of the children and their families, and multidisciplinary staffings are sometimes utilized to assist with this process. The services are provided to the following counties: Liberty, Leon, Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Gadsden, Madison, and Taylor counties. CPT has a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week coverage for emergent care. The program is staffed with a board certified pediatrician who is the Medical Director of the CPT. Other CPT staff include social workers, psychologists and attorneys. CPT is available to provide training to professionals and groups in the community.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA):

VOCA is an adjunct program to the CPT. It provides medical evaluations, trauma assessments, and crisis counseling to children who are sexually abused by a friend, neighbor, acquaintance, stranger, another child, or relative who isn’t in a caretaker role for the child. These highly specialized services are available in Leon, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson and Wakulla counties on a 24 hour a day, seven day a week basis. Several ARNPs are available to VOCA to provide sexual assault medical examinations as needed. The CPT Medical Director also provides medical services to the program. The program makes referrals for long term counseling, when appropriate.