About Us

History

Since the Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center initiative launched in Port Washington in the summer of 2015, more than 3,500 children, adolescents and their families have received services. The launch of this endeavor represented a strengthened commitment to collaborative, trauma-informed services for the families of Ozaukee and Washington counties. The Lakeshore CAC service area has grown quickly to include Sheboygan and Manitowoc counties in 2017 and 2020, respectively. In October 2020, the satellite location in Sheboygan Police Department was opened through a great deal of support from partner agencies and the community.

Mission

To be a trauma-informed environment where partners collaboratively investigate child abuse, families receive support and advocacy, and most importantly, the child’s words are always heard.

Vision

A community partnership that promotes resiliency by providing every child and family with access to a comprehensive trauma‐informed response to child abuse.

Community Partnerships

Lakeshore CAC exists to support the multidisciplinary teams engaged in child abuse and family violence investigations. New partnerships are forged on an ongoing basis.

  • Advocate Aurora Healthcare

  • Advocates of Ozaukee

  • Cedarburg Police Department

  • Children's Wisconsin

  • Elkhart Lake Police Department

  • FRIENDS, Inc.

  • Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin

  • Germantown Police Department

  • Grafton Police Department

  • Hartford Police Department

  • InCourage

  • Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce

  • Jackson Police Department

  • Kewaskum Police Department

  • Kohler Police Department

  • Manitowoc County Department of Human Services

  • Manitowoc County District Attorney's Office

  • Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department

  • Manitowoc Police Department

  • Mequon Police Department

  • Newburg Police Department

  • Ozaukee County Department of Human Services

  • Ozaukee County District Attorney's Office

  • Ozaukee Family Services

  • Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office

  • Plymouth Police Department

  • Port Washington Police Department

  • Safe Harbor of Sheboygan

  • Saukville Police Department

  • Sheboygan County Health & Human Services Department

  • Sheboygan County District Attorney's Office

  • Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office

  • Sheboygan Falls Police Department

  • Sheboygan Police Department

  • Slinger Police Department

  • Thiensville Police Department

  • Two Rivers Police Department

  • Washington County Department of Human Services

  • Washington County District Attorney's Office

  • Washington County Sheriff's Department

  • West Bend Police Department

  • Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigations