Dixon’s Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center opens expanded Oregon office to better serve Ogle County

Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center recently opened an expanded office in Oregon at 1001 Pines Road, Executive Director Jessica Cash said Monday.Shining Star CAC serves about 300 potential victims of child abuse in Ogle and Lee counties each year. The nonprofit organization has been in operation since 2002 and has worked with over 3,500 children.Shining Star, based in Dixon, works with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and law enforcement when there are issues of physical and sexual abuse of children. When there is an open case, Shining Star has its own locations where children can be interviewed in a warm environment by trained staff. It also provides counseling, court advocacy, community resources and more. In recent years, Shining Star has had a small office in Oregon that has been for counseling only. The new, expanded space allows for forensic interviews, advocacy, counseling and all the services it does in its Dixon office. The space is closer to the Ogl