The Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing and Coordination Center, known as CALICO, provides a supportive environment to interview children and facilitates a collaborative response to child abuse in which the needs of children take precedence. Learn more about what we do in our Services pages.

The CALICO Program Advisory Committee helps shape and refine our mission, meeting monthly to ensure our organization is meeting the needs of children, the community and our professional peers.

Wendy Shipnuck, Chair
Community Care Licensing

Karen Benjamin
Alameda County Social Services Agency, Department of Children and Family Services

Janette Bormann
Child Abuse Prevention Council

Sgt. Rick DeCosta
San Leandro Police Department

Sgt. Dan Donovan
Oakland Police Department

Victoria Gwiasda
CALICO

Shelley Hamilton
Children's Hospital and Research Center of Oakland, Center for Child Protection

Calvin James
Alameda County Counsel

Mark Johnson
Alameda County Probation Department

Sgt. Jen Louis
Berkeley Police Department

Karen Meredith
CALICO/Alameda County District Attorney's Office

Tasia Wiggins
Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Victim/Witness Assistance Division

Sara Wood-Kraft
Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services