Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare
Foster Care and Adoption in Milwaukee County

The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare needs quality foster and adoptive families that can meet the individual needs of the children we serve. Integrated Family Services/St. Aemilian-Lakeside and Children's Service Society of Wisconsin  partners with BMCW to recruit and license foster and adoptive parents. 

BMCW has about 2,000 children in foster care on any given day. Most children return to their family of origin, but some need adoptive "forever" families. In 2010, 275 children were adopted from the foster care system. Of these, 41 were adopted by relatives. BMCW requires all potential adoptive parents to be licensed as foster parents.

BMCW and DCF Resources for Current Foster Parents

To Learn More about Foster Care and Adoption

Children's Service Society of Wisconsin
620 S 76th Street, Suite 120
West Allis, WI  53214
Phone 414-KID-HERO (543-4376)
Foster Care Coordinator: Arles Lawrence
Information, including a short video series, about becoming a foster parent.

Adoption Resources of Wisconsin
6682 West Greenfield, Suite 310
Milwaukee WI 53214-4960
414-475-1246
800-762-8063 (Wisconsin only)
414-475-7007 FAX
E-mail: info@wiadopt.org
www.wiadopt.org

Foster Care and Adoption Resource Center
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin
6682 W. Greenfield Ave. Suite 310
Milwaukee, WI 53214-4960
800-947-8074 

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Last Revised: March 28, 2012