Wisconsin Independent Living Learn about Wisconsin’s Independent Living Programs and services funded by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF).
Ongoing Out-of-Home Care Services Wisconsin caseworkers and agencies can learn more about ongoing out-of-home care services and requirements.
Wisconsin Foster Parent Training Worker Information Foster Parent Training Worker Information All foster homes are assigned a level of care (LOC) during the licensing process based on the foster parent’s knowledge, training, skills, experience, and relationship the foster child. Each level of care has a specific number of training hours associated with it. Foster parent training is broken up into three categories: preplacement, initial licensing, and ongoing.
Wisconsin Foster Home Licensing Worker Information Foster Home Licensing Information When a child cannot safely remain in their home, every effort will be made to place a child with a relative or like-kin caregiver. When that is not possible, the next preference is to place children in a nonrelative foster home. A child’s foster parent may be their relative, like-kin, or nonrelative. A foster parent’s primary role is to temporarily care for a child until the child achieves permanency through reunification, guardianship or adoption.
Wisconsin Kinship Care Worker Information Kinship Care Worker Information Kinship Care is a program to help support a child who lives outside of his or her home with the relative or like-kin. The child may be living temporarily or for the long term with a like-kin such as:
Independent Living-Transition Resource Agency Contact Information Map Independent Living - Transition Resource Agency (IL-TRA) Contact Information Regional Transition Resource Agencies are responsible for providing Independent Living services for youth ages 18-23, who are no longer in out-of-home care. Select your agency from the dropdown to view the contact information. Or, use the map to find the location of services near you. Click on the pinpoint within the colored region containing your county to see the contact information.
Wisconsin Subsidized Guardianship Worker Information Subsidized Guardianship Child Welfare Professional Information Guardianship is a legal permanency option for children placed in out of home care through the child welfare system. A caregiver who is appointed guardian of a child by the court has the duty and authority to make important legal decisions for the child without severing the child’s legal relationship to their parents and other family members.
Every Student Succeeds Act Education Points of Contact Map For Wisconsin School professionals working with foster care children in your district, find the Child Welfare contact for your county or tribe.
Uniform Foster Care Rate for Workers Uniform Foster Care Rate For Workers All licensed foster parents receive a foster care payment to reimburse for the care of a foster child, called the Uniform Foster Care Rate. The Uniform Foster Care rate is determined for all foster children whose foster care rate is paid directly to foster parents by:
Wisconsin Permanency Consultation Programs Building and Supporting Connections for Children and Families When child welfare is involved with a family, it is of the utmost importance to ensure that all efforts are made so the child remains living in-home with their parent, guardian or Indian custodian whenever safely possible. Early engagement of relatives and like-kin connections may reduce the likelihood, or need, of out-of-home placement.
