The Saville Center is the Child Advocacy Center for Payne County, Oklahoma. Our purpose: To coordinate team investigations of child abuse. The Saville Center coordinates the Child Abuse Response, Evaluation and Support Team, or CARES Team, a group of child abuse professionals, including law enforcement, DHS Child Protective Services, mental health professionals, medical professionals and the office of the District Attorney. The CARES Team comes together at The Saville Center to share information and utilize a team approach to child abuse investigations, ensuring that children’s needs are being met. Our mission: To reduce the trauma of abused children. The Saville Center provides a warm and caring environment where an abused child can feel safe and comfortable telling his or her story. The Saville Center uses trained forensic interview specialists, one-way mirrors and multiple cameras to record forensic interviews in a centralized home-like setting, rather than the child being taken from agency to agency. As the child abuse investigators work together, resources can be utilized more efficiently, reducing the number of interviews and avoiding further trauma to the child.