Gingerbread House Children's Advocacy Center

The Gingerbread House is a community-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works collaboratively with law enforcement, child protective services, the district attorneys' offices, and medical and mental health professionals to investigate, prosecute, and treat cases of child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse, including cases of commercial sexual exploitation, pornography, and human trafficking. The Gingerbread House, an Accredited Child Advocacy Center with National Children's Alliance, has been serving the Northwest Louisiana community for 28 years, and handles the heaviest forensic interview case load out of the 14 child advocacy centers in Louisiana.

• The comprehensive Child Advocacy Program at the Gingerbread House includes 8 core components
  • Forensic Interviews
  • Multidisciplinary Team Investigations
  • Child Life Services
  • Family Advocacy and Outreach Services
  • Trauma-Informed Counseling Services
  • Prevention Education and Professional Training
  • Anti-Human Trafficking Care & Coordination
  • Pediatric Forensic Medical Exams through the CARA Center at the Gingerbread House.
• All services are provided FREE of charge to victims and their families.

To give you an even better idea of the impact we are able to make in our community as a result of donor support like yours, we’d like to share with you our most recently completed annual outcomes for Year 2025. Between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 at the Gingerbread House…

• 977 children received forensic interviews, multidisciplinary investigations, child life, and family advocacy services, averaging 81 newly identified child victims per month.
• 167 child victims and their non-offending caregivers received trauma-informed counseling services.
• 204 victims of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) received comprehensive direct care services and case management: 7 confirmed child sex trafficking victims, 116 suspected child sex trafficking victims, 81 high-risk child sex trafficking victims
• As part of our prevention efforts, over 53,265 children and adults participated in 786 educational outreach sessions
• 172 child victims received a pediatric forensic medical exam (during the months of July 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025; a new program acquired by the Gingerbread House).

Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, all services continue to be offered FREE of charge to child abuse victims and their families. Our work would not be posssible without YOUR support!