I Am a Parent

The department offers a large variety of services and supports for parents and prospective parents. Read more about adoption, child care, child support, foster care, protecting children, emergency assistance, refugee services, employment services, applying for child care assistance, MyWIChildCare EBT card, fatherhood programs, and much more.

Adoption/Guardianship

Adopt a Child

Adoptive Parent

Adoption Options for Pregnant Parents or Birth Parents

Find Your Birth Child or Birth Parent(s)

Subsidized Guardianship

Child Care

I Need Help Paying for Child Care

Milwaukee Early Care Administration (MECA)

I Have a Child with a Disability

Child Care Parent Portal

Find Child Care Child Care Resources for Parents

Child Support

Determine Paternity

Pay my Child Support

View my Child Support Payments

Apply for Child Support

Employment Services

Wisconsin Works (W-2)

Job Access Loan

Transitional Jobs

Transform Milwaukee Jobs

Foster Care

Become a Foster Parent

Foster Parent

Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)

Kinship Care

Child Welfare

Safe Haven (Newborn Relinquishment)

The Child Protective Services (CPS) Process

The Child Protective Services (CPS) Appeals Process

Report Child Abuse

Supportive Services

Connections Count

Emergency Assistance

Report Abuse

Refugee Services

Survivor / Victim Services