The mission of The CAC is to provide a professional, compassionate and coordinated approach to the treatment of sexually abused children and their families and to serve as an advocate for all children in our community. Here in Houston, The Children’s Assessment Center deals with the topic of child sexual abuse on a daily basis. One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday. Over 95% of children are abused by someone they know and trust. Only one in ten children will tell of their abuse. One in five children are solicited sexually while online. The Children’s Assessment Center hears the painful accounts of child sexual abuse committed by family members, friends and strangers. We treat nearly 5,000 sexually abused children every year. All children have adults in their lives. Adults who may miss the signs of abuse; therefore, they fail to report. It is easy to do, because everyday people, like us, do not want to notice, do not want to believe, do not want to imagine someone we know harming a child. Yet, child sexual abuse happens every day in our community in alarming numbers.