Organization:

Family Care Program
1 W. Wilson
P.O. Box 1379
Madison, WI 53701
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/LTCare/

• Through the Aging & Disability Resource Centers, to provide a single entry point where older people, people with disabilities & their families can get information about a wide range of resources available to them in their local communities.
• To make sure people know about their choices when making critical long-term care decisions, to help people stay independent as long as possible, to make informed decisions about spending their own resources for long-term care.
• To provide a single entry point into publicly-funded long-term care programs.

Resource Centers serve elders & adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities, & their families or other involved persons (such as physicians, hospital discharge planners, & other professionals). They serve people of all economic levels, not just people who might be eligible for publicly-funded long-term care services. One center is currently expanding its focus to people with mental illness.

Each of the 9 Resource Centers currently serves one county. Counties that have both a resource center & a care management organization (CMO) providing the Family Care benefit package are Fond du Lac, Portage, Richland, La Crosse & Milwaukee (which serves only people age 60+). Counties with a resource center but no CMO are Jackson, Kenosha, Marathon, & Trempealeau.

• Information & Assistance
• Long-Term Care Options counseling
• Benefits counseling & advocacy
• Emergency Response
• Prevention & Early Intervention
• Access to the Family Care benefit Administering the Long-Term Care Functional Screen
• Short-term case management