Wisconsin Resources
This section features a county-by-county listing of agencies and organizations who form the Wisconsin Support Network for grandparents raising grandchildren. It also includes State Resources such as the Wisconsin AARP Legal Guide; County Resources; Newsletters with helpful suggestions; Educational Resources for caregivers as well as professionals; Fiscal Resources that grandparents may qualify for to help them ease their financial strain and Other Resources including demographic data on Wisconsin families.
Wisconsin Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Network
County specific agencies and organizations that provide some form of support to relative caregivers
State Resources
- AARP Legal guide - PDF file
A resource for adults other than parents who take care of children. Focuses on advantages, disadvantages and legal aspects of various caregiving arrangements and describes Wisconsin programs of potential help to relative caregivers.
- Caring for the Caregiver, The Wisconsin’s Family Caregiver Support Program or at (866)843-9810
The program provides help to families and friends who help care for: persons age 60 and over; individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders regardless of age; grandparents or relative caregivers 55 years of age and older who are caring for grandchildren under age 19, or who are caring for a relative with a severe disability who is 19 to 59 years of age.
- Family Caregiver Support Network Grandparent Loan Library
Resource materials may be requested by calling (414) 220-8600 and mailed directly to you at no cost. Or, you may check out library materials from the Family Caregiver Support Network at 600 W. Virginia, Ste. 300, Milwaukee, WI, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.
- Department of Health & Family Services Kinship Care Program
A program designed to help support a child who resides outside of his or her own home, either temporarily or for the long term, with the relative rather than being placed in a foster home or other type of out-of-home placement.
- State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
An AARP resource which provides helpful state-specific data and information for each of the states (including
Wisconsin), Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
County Resources
- Dane County:
- Waukesha County:
Newsletters
Educational Resources
Benefits and Fiscal Resources
- Bureau of Aging & Long Term Care Resources
Access point to a variety of information on programs and services in Wisconsin for older people and caregivers.
- FoodShare Wisconsin or
at 1-800-362-3002
Provides extra food dollars to people with limited financial resources.
- Home Energy Plus or at 1-866-432-8947
Provides information about Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance and Wisconsin’s Weatherization Programs available to households with limited income.
- Wisconsin BadgerCare or
at 1-800-362-3002
An insurance program for all children (up to age 19) who do not currently have access to health insurance, to pregnant women, parents, caretakers, and foster families with limited financial resources.
- Wisconsin JobNet Job Search
Current job opportunities listed with the Wisconsin Job Center System.
- Wisconsin Shares or at 1-888-713-5437
Wisconsin’s Child Care Subsidy Program (W-2 Child Care) which helps eligible parents pay for child care.
- Wisconsin WIC Program or call 1-800-722-2295
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children which provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breast feeding information and referral to other health and nutritional services.
Other Resources
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