About Us


A Little About Us
CARRT meets as a team on a monthly basis. The following sub-
committees have been formed to further enhance the multi-
disciplinary approach:

  • Child Protective Services/Law Enforcement
  • Medical
  • Mental Health
  • Schools
  • Community Education
  • Fund Raising
  • Family Violence  

The Team

CARRT creates policies-Agreements have been developed
among community agencies in order to ensure smooth delivery
of services. CARRT also advocates on a larger scale for
legislative changes in order to protect children.  

CARRT offers Training- CARRT members provide cross-
agency training in addition to attending relevant trainings in
specialized areas in order to better meet the needs of
abused children and their families.

CARRT provides Community Education- CARRT has a
Speakers Bureau available to speak to community groups
about abuse prevention and response. Presentations are free
of charge.

CARRT Center

CARRT was awarded a $41,500 grant in December of 2005
from the National Children's Alliance, which has allowed the
creation of a center.

The center provides a centralized, non-threatening, child-
friendly setting where services can be coordinated.

The center is designed to support the child victim and non-
offending family members in a comfortable setting during a
very difficult time.

The benefits of having a center are: reduced trauma to the
child, more immediate and complete investigations, enhanced
communication among CARRT team members and more
coordination of resources..

The center is also used for team members to conduct case
reviews.
CARRT is committed
to:
  • Reducing trauma
    to child victims
    during the
    investigation.
  • Increasing the
    conviction rate
    of perpetrators
    by gathering
    better evidence
  • Improving
    collaboration
    among agencies
    to ensure better
    management of
    cases involving
    abuse/maltreatm
    ent
  • Providing
    ongoing training
    to service
    providers and
    the entire
    community
CARRT Team
Members:

Bassett Healthcare
Catholic Charities of   
      Schoharie County
Cloverpatch Preschool
Cobleskill Police          
     Department
Cobleskill Regional
Hospital
Cobleskill-Richmondville
        Central School
Community Maternity   
      Services
Coordinated Children's
     Services Initiative
Department of Health
District Attorney's    
     Office
Head Start
Jefferson Central      
   School
Mental Health Clinic
Middleburgh Central    
     School
New York State        
      Police-BCI
Rape Crisis/Sexual      
      Assault
Schoharie Central      
      School
Schoharie County       
   Community            
     Action(SCCAP)
Schoharie County       
    Department of      
   Social Services
Schoharie County       
  Probation Department
Schoharie County       
   Sheriff's Office
Schoharie Village Police
State University        
   College at Cobleskill
Youth Bureau