MCPS Staff / Partner Agency Resources
This page provides additional resource information for all MCPS and contracted partner agency staff. The information provided includes: Basic client needs resources, MCPS career information, Court and Attorney resources and contact information, useful phone numbers for Police; Indian Tribal Welfare; Placement Unit, and other useful resource information for case managers.
Basic Needs
Milwaukee Family Resources pages: General listings.
- Assistance through DMCPS for families and foster parents:
- Emergency Service Funds Memo,. Accessible to Initial Assessment unit only.
- Robyn's Nest Resource Request, Children Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services' room full of things for families in need..
- Bus directions to DMCPS offices.
- Day Care online registration or phone 1-800-947-6583. How to apply online.
- Eligibility: dhsmilescustomerservice@dhs.wisconsin.gov.
- Authorization: dcfdecemecacustomerservice@wisconsin.gov.
- Goodwill Cares Request Form and Goodwill Store Listing (Find in Milwaukee Family Resources in Basic Needs)
- Head Start Enrollment is by geographical region. The organizations contracted to provide services are:
- Milwaukee Public Schools, phone 414-777-5850. Has centers at many schools in the city.
- Acelero, phone 414-353-1754.
- Guadelupe, phone 414-384-8260.
- Next Door Foundation, phone 414-562-2929.
- Immigration - Benefits and Services Guidebook for assisting immigrant families.
- Independent Living Service Access to - SAIL, Milwaukee City. Behavioral Health Referral form.
- Independent Living Transition Resource Agencies - by County
- Kinship Referral:
- Court Ordered Kinship
- CHWCS cases, Contact Brittney Skonecki, BSkonecki@chw.org, ph (414) 237-4880
- WellPoint cases, Contact Dense Batton, dbatton@stainta.org, ph. (414) 604-5749
- Voluntary Kinship
- PSG, ph (414) 475-4200
- Court Ordered Kinship
- Legal assistance:
- Legal Aid Society.
- Legal Action.
- Milwaukee Bar Association - referral to appropriate lawyers.
- Prison: Resources for Families of the Incarcerated.
- WIC program (Women, Infants, and Children nutrition programstrongerfamilies@communityadvocates.net).
- Wisconsin Works (W-2) agency map and contact information.
Resource Pages for Social Workers/Case Managers
- Assessment Process
- Change of Placement Notice and Change of Placement Order
- Child and Adolescent Needs Assessment Tools.
- Child Support Information
- Child Welfare Standards (Access and Initial Assessment, Ongoing, Safety Intervention)
- Family Finding Resources.
- ICWA resource page.
- Indian Affairs (Bureau of), Midwest Region Office, Norman Pointe II Bldg, 5600 W American Blvd., Suite 500, Bloomington, MN. 55437, ph (612) 725-4500.
- MPS Schools Resource and Milwaukee County Schools
- Education liaison for DMCPS - Angela Quayle, (414)257-6799, Angela.Quayle@milwaukeecountywi.gov
- Educational Services for Children Placed in Foster Care (Dept. of Public Instruction publication)
- West Allis - West Milwaukee Student Services Directory List
- Permanency Resource Page and Permanency Roundtables
- Police District Contacts for Police Records Requests, Use form DCF-F-2922-E
- Stronger Families Milwaukee: Referral Form (Referral must be made by Initial Assessment staff)
- Program Manager Lauren Faulds, lfaulds@communityadvocates.net
- Send Referrals to: strongerfamilies@communityadvocates.net
- Program Manager Lauren Faulds, lfaulds@communityadvocates.net
- Subsidized Guardianship Resources
- West Allis/West Milwaukee School Calendar
LGBTQIA+ Professional Resources
Last Revised: February 21, 2024