Helping
children and families
- Return to healthy functional relationships.
- Protect children throughout the DoD from maltreatment.
- Ensure active-duty members are ready to serve.
Our practice
- Support military and civilian professionals who address child
maltreatment.
- Provide objective medical expertise throughout the Department
of Defense (DoD), including areas outside the continental US.
Team of specialists
- Pediatricians, a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, and social
worker.
- Broad pediatric and child abuse experience.
- Sensitive to child's and family's needs.
- Extensive courtroom experience.
Services
- Medical evaluations
- Referrals accepted from National Capital Area (NCA) and
isolated military bases.
- Video-photo-colposcopy employed for suspected sexual abuse,
as well as for acute and healed injuries.
- Extensive, individual care provided to evaluate inflicted
harm and all medical and psychological needs.
- Expert medical testimony
- Based on examinations and case reviews.
- Provided by staff with extensive courtroom experience in
military courts martial, civilian criminal court, and family
and dependency hearings. Civilian court cases are handled
on a case by case basis.
- Medical-legal review
- Evaluation of medical, investigative, and legal records
in cases of suspected child abuse.
- Available to medical providers, military family advocacy
programs, military police and criminal investigative offices,
supervising commands, and prosecuting and defense attorneys.
- For an adversarial process, AFCCP works for one side of
the case only, on a first come first served basis.
- Child abuse education
- Teaching is fundamental to program success.
- Educational programs target many aspects of child abuse.
- Training available to medical personnel, family advocacy
representatives, social work and mental health professionals,
military commands, law enforcement, lawyers, judges, and the
general public.
- Programs may range from formal to small group workshops.
- Child forensic interviewing
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Contact Us
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Armed Forces Center for Child Protection
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Check-in at Pediatrics.
- Location:
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Report to Pediatrics - From Visitors' Garage (Bldg 55), cross the street and enter Outpatient Center (Bldg 9) on ground level. Or, from skywalk and take escalator down to ground level. At bottom of escalator and hospital map, turn left. Pediatrics is first clinic on left.
- Phone:
- Main:
(301) 295-2150
- DSN:
295-4100
- Appointments:
(301) 295-2150
- Front Desk:
(301) 295-4100
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Toll-free within CONUS
:
(877) 295-4100
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Toll-free from OVERSEAS
:
(877) 270-2492
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DSN Fax Line
:
295-2657
- Fax:
(301) 295-2657 Commercial
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday thru Friday
8:00 AM
to
4:00 PM
- Appointments
- Visitor Center
- Email
- A contact OR Customer Advocate may be available for this
department.
- THE EMAIL RECIPIENT WILL NOT BE YOUR DOCTOR!
- Check FAQs
for quick answers.
- Customer Advocates do not address:
- Medical advice.
- Prescriptions.
- Appointments.
- Vendors.
- Customer Advocates do welcome:
- Suggestions or compliments.
- Helpful web site additions.
- Feedback about your recent experience at WRNMMC.
- Email the contact or Customer Advocate for
Armed Forces Center for Child Protection
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16,000
cases of suspected child maltreatment were reported for one year in
U.S. Armed Forces, worldwide.
What is child maltreatment?
- Physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, exploitation, negligence,
or maltreatment of a child by the child’s caretaker(s).
- Circumstances indicate that the child’s health or welfare
has been harmed or threatened.
- Determination is based on regulations prescribed by the Secretary
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
What you can do
The problem is often ignored out of fear, anxiety or disbelief.
A caring community is necessary to help these troubled families.
If you supect child maltreatment, contact your Family
Advocacy Representative (FAR). In an emergency, call your local
police department.
In the National Capital Area, referrals are accepted from the child’s
primary care manager. Health care professionals must report suspected
maltreatment.
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