HELP Center press release
The Child Advocacy Center awarded the Multi-disciplinary Team Member of the Year Award to Investigator Jessica Halbert with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. The award was presented on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the HELP Center during a Multi-disciplinary team meeting.
The Henderson County Multi-disciplinary team is a collaborative group of all law enforcement agencies, victim service groups, Child Protective Services, County and District Attorney, medical staff and other organizations that meet monthly. This group meets to discuss and improve the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children of Henderson County, and to ensure that the victims of these crimes are offered the services they need.
The Team Member Award is voted on by the Multi-disciplinary team members throughout the year. Recipients have shown an aggressive stance in responses and actions taken with child abuse cases. Quarterly awards that were presented during the year for 2012: Investigator Jessica Halbert, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office; Sue Hinson, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner; Laura Holder, County Attorney’s Office; Lynett Anderson, East Texas Medical Center, SANE.
From this group Jessica Halbert was selected by the Multi-disciplinary team as being the team member of the year for 2012.
Investigator Halbert worked over 100 cases in 2012.
The Child Advocacy Center facilitates the Multi-disciplinary Team that involve multiple agencies throughout the county. The Child Advocacy Center is a program of the Henderson County HELP Center.
For more information call the HELP Center 903-675-4357 or visit our website www.thehelpcenter.org.