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After Republicans gained control of the Legislature in 1994, they set about enacting a transformation of state welfare programs, creating Wisconsin Works and other welfare to work programs. In 1995 Wisconsin Act 27 , DHSS transitioned into the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), and welfare-related programs were split off into the ...
Candy Hall, executive director of Kimberly-based Child Care Resource and Referral, said that in order to incentivize potential workers, child care centers often give them free or reduced priced ...
The systemic factors measured by the CFSRs include the effectiveness of the State's systems for child welfare information, case review, and quality assurance; training of child welfare staff, parents, and other stakeholders; the services that support children and families; the agency's responsiveness to the community; and foster and adoptive ...
Raising the World: Child Welfare in the American Century (Harvard University Press, 2015) 316 pp. McCutcheon, James, 2010."Historical Analysis and Contemporary Assessment of Foster Care in Texas: Perceptions of Social Workers in a Private, Non-Profit Foster Care Agency". Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 332.
According to UW Health, 27 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties today have no OB/GYN to deliver babies or provide reproductive health care. Wisconsin medical schools are struggling to provide training to ...
The counties’ child welfare systems are under state supervision with one under full control of the state following an 8-year-old child’s death. Learn more details on these counties’ cases.
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA) was enacted by the US Government on June 17, 1980. Its purpose is to establish a program of adoption assistance; strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children; and improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs.
Later in 1965, the Board of Directors determined that there was a significant need for a child welfare agency within the WELS. [1] On March 4, 1966, the official name of the agency was changed to Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service, Inc. to reflect the two divisions of the agency (child welfare and convalescent/aging).