McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center

Supporting children and families through some of the hardest situations a child can face is the work of McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center, a nonprofit in Syracuse. Child advocacy centers are built to offer counseling and coordinated help in one child-friendly place. The center is a place of support during a difficult time for a family.

The center’s counseling services give young people and their caregivers a place to be heard and to begin healing. Like similar centers, it works to keep children from having to retell painful experiences more often than necessary.

What to Know

• It is a nonprofit child advocacy center in Syracuse.
• Counseling services are part of the support available.
• Child advocacy centers bring professionals together so families do not have to repeat painful details.
• A member of CenterState CEO, the regional chamber.