The Forensic Center of Excellence offers follow up and supportive services to help victims find accessible resources in their community. Our goal is to help connect victims to resources within their community increasing the connection and support with our community partners for more holistic care. Empathy, empowerment, and education are tools an advocate uses to provide outstanding, trauma-informed, care for victims seeking supportive services. Legal Assistance: The Forensic Center of Excellence provides free legal assistance to help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse, and human trafficking access legal protections such as temporary and permanent orders of protection. Clients may be eligible for other legal representation related to expungements and orders of nondisclosure. Services: Protective Orders Expungements Orders of Nondisclosure Our Mission: “Through a coordinated community response, The Forensic Center empowers victims, promotes healing and creates innovative and comprehensive solutions to fill gaps in victim services." A forensic nurse specializes in trauma care for victims of violence and is certified in the evidence collection and storage protocols of the medical forensic exam. Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners™ (TXFNE™) gathers the region’s most qualified trauma nurses and is pioneering services to make the forensic exam accessible to victims in their geographic area. The demand for the forensic exam is at it’s peak with the population of patients to include sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, child maltreatment, and elder abuse victims. TXFNE™ partners with hospitals and clinics by providing qualified forensic nurses on-demand.