Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Bureau of Long-Term Support, Children’s Services Section, Community Options Section, and Developmental Disabilities Section
Programs include autism services, Birth to 3 Program, Brain Injury Waiver Program, Children’s Long-Term Support Council, Children’s Long-Term Support Home and Community-Based Waivers, Community Integration Program, Community Relocation Initiative, Community Options Program, developmental disability programs, Developmental Disabilities Network, Family Support Program, Katie Beckett Program-Special Medicaid Eligibility, and self directed supports programs.
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-1865
http://dhs.wi.gov/bdds/index.htm
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery (BPTR), Mental Health Programs
BPTR’s mental health programs are comprised of community mental health services, which includes comprehensive community services, community support programs, coordinated services team initiatives, community recovery services, and trauma-informed care; community forensics, which includes the Conditional Release Program and the Competency to Stand Trial Program; the Client Rights Office; and psychiatric hospitals and secure treatment facilities.
1 West Wilson Street, Room 850
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-2717
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/mentalhealth/index.htm
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery (BPTR), Substance Abuse Services
Programs include the Intoxicated Driver Program, narcotic treatment services, the Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention – State Implementation Program, which strives to improve outpatient treatment for alcohol and other drug use disorders through increased access and retention; Wisconsin Uniform Placement Criteria, which establishes the standards by which consumers, providers, and payers can determine the appropriateness of a level of treatment, monitor progress, and identify expected outcomes; and the Statewide Urban/Rural Women’s Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment Project, which provides grants for women and family-centered treatment programs in key underserved areas throughout the state, giving priority treatment to pregnant women.
1 West Wilson Street, Room 850
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-2717
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/substabuse/index.htm
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Division of Long Term Care, Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources, Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired (OBVI)
OBVI staff provide rehabilitation services to help people who are blind or visually impaired in their homes, conduct group trainings, and teach techniques and technologies for use in daily living. Rehabilitation Teaching Services include intake and assessment, indoor orientation and mobility, teaching personal and home management skills as well as skills used in the work setting, communications training, counseling and vocational exploration, adjustment and support groups, teaching social skills, skills for groups of seniors experiencing low vision, and low vision services.
P.O. Box 7851
1 West Wilson Street, Room 451
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-5461
Toll-free 1-888-879-0017
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/blind/
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Division of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health Promotion, Arthritis Program
The Arthritis Program partners with various state and local agencies to provide “Living Well with Chronic Conditions (the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program),” a 6-week workshop providing tools for living a healthy life for people with chronic health conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, asthma and heart disease. The Arthritis Program supports Living Well/CDSMP workshops and Stepping On (Falls Prevention) classes by providing opportunities for leader training, coordination, and networking, coordinated through Area Agencies on Aging. This program also supports Arthritis Foundation aquatic and land exercise classes, as well as Tai Chi.
2224 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 344-0675
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/arthritis/
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Division of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health Promotion, Asthma Program
The Asthma Program strives to improve and expand asthma surveillance in Wisconsin, increase implementation of the current NIH asthma guidelines for optimal diagnosis and management of asthma by all health care providers, increase asthma education in accordance with the current NIH asthma guidelines, and reduce or control environmental factors associated with asthma. Contracted services are provided by the American Lung Association such as the Asthma 101 basic education course, as well as the Asthma Educator Institute, which educates asthma educators. The Asthma Program does not yet partner to provide “Living Well with Chronic Conditions (the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program).”
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 267-6845
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/eh/Asthma/WAP.htm
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Division of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health Promotion, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
The Diabetes Program partners with various state and local agencies to provide “Living Well with Chronic Conditions (the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program),” a 6-week workshop providing tools for living a healthy life for people with chronic health conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, asthma and heart disease. The Diabetes Program supports Living Well/CDSMP workshops and Stepping On/Falls Prevention classes by providing opportunities for leader training, coordination, and networking, coordinated through Area Agencies on Aging. This program has also developed the New Worksite Wellness Resource Kit, a tool to help worksites implement strategies to help their employees stay well.
Wisconsin 1 West Wilson, Room 218
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 261-9422
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/diabetes/
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Division of Public Health, Bureau of Family and Community Health, Family Health Section, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program (CYSHCN)
CYSHCN is comprised of Regional Centers and the Great Lakes Intertribal Council’s Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Project, which strive to support families with children and youth with special health care needs and the providers who serve them. Other programs include Wisconsin First Step, a 24-hour hotline staffed by Parent Specialists who have access to an online directory of community services; Family Voices of Wisconsin and Parent to Parent of Wisconsin, key parent support organizations working with CYSHCN to strengthen parent leadership, support and training; the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program, which oversees the screening of infants for many disorders, helping insure that newborns are diagnosed and treated for a variety of preventable conditions at birth; Wisconsin Sound Beginnings, which promotes universal newborn hearing screening and follow-up including a parent support program; the Wisconsin Birth Defects Prevention and Surveillance Program, which maintains a confidential registry on birth defects, coordinates a statewide referral system, and initiates prevention activities; the Wisconsin Medical Home Toolkit, which helps support health care quality improvement focused on strengthening patient-centered Medical Homes throughout the state; and the Wisconsin Medical Home Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Connections Initiative, which promotes improved services and supports for children with ASD and their families through outreach and training on ASD.
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-8178
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/health/children/
Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Services for the Elderly
Services include information and assistance, which helps older adults and their families connect with needed services; a benefit specialist program, which provides a benefit specialist in each county trained to help older people having problems regarding their private insurance, pensions, or government benefits; The Alzheimer’s Family Caregiver Support Program; the Community Options Program, which strives to keep older people and people with disabilities out of nursing homes or other institutions and allows them to remain in the community; Elder Abuse Information; the Elderly Nutrition Program, which provides meals for older adults at home and in a group setting at congregate meal sites; the family Caregiver Support Program; the Foster Grandparents Program for people with limited income who would like to serve children with special needs; household help for older adults; the Retired Senior Volunteer Program that helps people age 55 and older find volunteer opportunities; Senior Companion Program, a program of seniors helping homebound seniors; Senior Employment Program which helps seniors find a job; and transportation services for older adults and people with disabilities.
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-2536
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/aging/
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
DVR services include career guidance and counseling; job search and placement assistance; information and referral services; transition to work services for students with disabilities in high school; supported employment services for people with severe disabilities (includes time-limited on-the job supports); rehabilitation technology; vocational and other training; disability and employment assessment; transportation; occupational licenses, tools and other equipment; assistance in small-business plan development; interpreter services; rehabilitation teaching services; diagnosis and treatment; and post-employment services. DVR also has several specialized program and service areas including a Business Enterprise Program (BEP) for people who are legally blind designed to help them become self-employed; Making Work Pay, a proposal for a pilot demonstration program that assists people with significant disabilities who receive an SSI or SSDI benefit and want to work but have high cost long-term care needs; a Self-Employment Business Startup Toolkit to help DVR consumers start their own businesses; Supported Employment for people with severe disabilities find a job suited to their abilities; the Wisconsin Telework Loan Program, a statewide alternative loan program that allows Wisconsin residents with disabilities to purchase computers and other equipment needed to work from home or from other sites away from the office; Ticket to Work, a voluntary program offering Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities choices in finding the support and services they need to help them go to work and achieve their employment goals; and transition services for students transitioning from high school to post-secondary education, work, and community services.
201 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-3131
Toll-free 1-800-442-3477
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/