Sue Counts, right, from the Butler County Alliance for Children gives a tour of the new Child Advocacy Center to Slippery Rock borough manager Shawn Pugh, child protective services caseworker Jonibeth Loverlick and Slippery Rock police chief Terry Fedokovitz.

Community members on Friday got a look at the brightly decorated and family-friendly new Child Advocacy Center in Center Township.

The Butler County Alliance for Children held an open house and tours of its modern new building one day after the ribbon-cutting that heralded the alliance's move from East Jefferson Street to the new digs at the intersection of Route 8 North and Mahood Road.

The larger building will allow space for support groups, meetings with team members, volunteer and intern sections and other community-related uses, said Josh Strelbicki, alliance assistant director.

The county Alliance for Children provides various services to victims of child abuse, including a multidisciplinary investigative team, forensic interviews, victim advocacy, forensic medical exams, mental health services referral, and training and prevention programs.

The new location also will offer clients more anonymity while visiting than the building in the downtown area.

The alliance serves about 200 new children per year, said Denna Hays, executive director.

Interview room has a two-way mirror to help conduct interviews in the new Butler County Alliance for Child Advocacy building on Route 8 in Unionville. The new facility assists with child abuse case management.

Mural painted by local artists Paul Means and Diane Smith in the Butler County Alliance for Child Advocacy building in Unionville.

An examination room, above, is designed to be child-friendly at the new Child Advocacy building in Center Township. The new facility will work with investigations into child abuse cases. Below, a mural painted by local artists Paul Means and Diane Smith fills up an area at the Butler County Alliance for Children's new advocacy center.