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The Wicomico Child Advocacy Center is a program focused on facilitating the investigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse.

The Wicomico Child Advocacy Center (WCAC) is a collaboration of seven agencies that facilitates multidisciplinary team investigations of child maltreatment and offers direct services to the child and family during and after the investigation. These organizations include the Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County, Wicomico County Department of Social Services, Wicomico County Sheriff's Department, Salisbury Police Department, Maryland State Police - Barrack "E", Wicomico Partnership for Families and Children (local management board), and the Life Crisis Center, Inc.

The WCAC provides a place and oversees a process whereby law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, and mental health professionals work as partners for the best outcome for the child, ensuring that abused and neglected children receive a comprehensive and sensitive response. The Center's mission is to partner for the better investigation and assessment of abuse allegations, prosecution of offenders, and treatment for children and families impacted by child abuse and neglect. In this capacity, we:

  • Ensure that victims of child abuse and neglect receive comprehensive and
    sensitive treatment in a non-threatening, child-friendly setting.
  • Improve the quality of child maltreatment investigations in Wicomico County by promoting inter-agency collaboration, conducting state-of-the-art criminal
    investigations using developmentally appropriate forensic interview skills, and
    effectively prosecuting cases of child abuse.
  • Provide families impacted by child maltreatment with the services and support necessary to assist them in regaining a healthy and productive lifestyle.
Children are extraordinarily precious members of a society; They are exquisitely alert, sensitive, and conscious of their surroundings; and they are extraordinarily vulnerable to Mistreatment or emotional abuse by adults who refuse to Give them the profound respect and affection to which they are unconditionally entitled.
-WISDOM OF THE ELDERS

For more information call (410) 677-6780

To report suspected child abuse, call (410) 677-6780, Ext. 128 or 129

For more information, go to our website: http://www.cacwicomicocounty.org

Wicomico Child Advocacy Center
P.O. Box 429, Salisbury, MD 21803
Phone (410) 677-6780, ext. 115
Fax (410) 677-3383

Partnering to Make a Difference

  • • Life Crisis Center, Inc.
  • • Maryland State Police
  • • Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County
  • • Salisbury Police Department
  • • Wicomico County Department of Social Services
  • • Wicomico County Sheriff's Office
  • • Wicomico Partnership for Families & Children

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