State of Wisconsin Links

Foster Care

• Chapter HFS 56 Foster Home Care for Children: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/hfs/hfs056.pdf
• Children’s Code Chapter 48: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/stat0048.pdf
• State of WI Office of the Commission of Insurance–Fact Sheet on Foster Parent Liability Insurance: http://oci.wi.gov/pub_list/pi-048.htm
• Wisconsin Foster Care Fact Sheet: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/foster/progserv/factsheet.htm
• Independent Living for Children In Out-of-Home Care:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/IndLiving/index.HTM
• Independent Living for Children in Out-of-Home Care; Education and Scholarship Resources:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/IndLiving/prgserv/scholpro.htm
• Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program (CYSHCN):  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/dph_bfch/cshcn/
• Kinship Care Program:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/Kinship/INDEX.HTM
• Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC):  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/ICPC/INDEX.HTM
• Promoting Safe & Stable Families: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/pssf/
• Contacts for Child Welfare Complaints http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/CoContactsCWComplaints.pdf
• Child Welfare Program Enhancement Plan (PEP):  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cwreview/bulletinBrd.htm
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program (CYCHCN):  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/dph_bfch/cshcn/
• Wisconsin Child Welfare Training System:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/CWTrain/INDEX.htm

Foster Care Forms

Licensing

• Child Foster Care Licensing Checklist (PDF, 37kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/cfs0787.pdf
• Foster Care Licensure Notification Form (PDF, 24kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/cfs2187.pdf

Foster/Treatment Foster and Family-Operated Group Home Insurance Program

• Foster Parent Insurance Program Damage Claim Checklist (PDF, 29 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2198.pdf
• Foster Parent Insurance Program-Claim of Loss or Damage (PDF, 9 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/cfs0116.pdf
• W9 – Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Verification (Exit DHFS; PDF): http://www.doa.state.wi.us/docs_view2.asp?docid=704
• Foster Parent Insurance Program – Verification of Claim (PDF, 8 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/CFS0117.pdf

Uniform Foster Care Rate

• Foster Care Uniform Rate Setting Form (PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/CFS0834.pdf
• Placement of Foster Children Information for Foster Parents Part A (PDF, 100 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/CFS0872a.pdf
• Information for Foster Parents Part B (PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0872b.pdf
• Voluntary Placement Agreement (PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS1590.pdf
• Foster Home Agreement Child Placed in Out-of-Home Care by Agency (PDF, 11 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0107.pdf
• Out of Home Placement or Recommended Placement Notification (PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2189.pdf
• Medical Services Consent (PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0997.pdf

Other Forms/Information

• Administrative Code HFS 12, Negative Action Notice (Exit DHFS; PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2191.pdf
• Community Advisory Committee Documentation (PDF): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/cfs0367.pdf
• Foster Parent Notice – Confidentiality of Records (PDF, 6 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2186.pdf
• Group Foster Home Personnel Record Checklist (PDF, 10 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/CFS0383.pdf
• Permanency Plan (PDF, 230 kb): http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/wisacwis/knowledge_web/Helpdesk/template_mapping.htm#Planning
• Foster Care Contact Information http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/children/foster/contact/ques.htm

Adoption Links

• Reimbursable Expenses when Adopting Children with Special Needs: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/AAREIMB.HTM
• Post Adoption Services: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/adoptpst.htm
• Requesting an Amendment to an Adoption Assistance Agreement: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/AMFACTSHT.HTM
• Adoption of Children with Special Needs— HFS 51: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/hfs/hfs051.pdf
• Adoption in Wisconsin: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/
• Payments by Adoptive or Proposed Adoptive Parents: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/payments.htm
• Wisconsin Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (WiSaCWIS): http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/WISACWIS.HTM
• Adoption Assistance Amendment Request: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2092.pdf
• Confirmation of Needs Form: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2159.pdf
• Request for Adoption Information: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/adoptinf.htm
• Information Meetingss—Adoption of Children with Special Care Needs or Foster Care Conversions: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/ORIENTATIONMTGS/ORINDEX.htm
• The Wisconsin Adoption Search Law:http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/records.htm
• Administration of the Law: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/ADSEARCH.HTM
• How the Law Affects Adoptees: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/adoptees.htm
• How the Law Affects Birth Parents: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/birparnt.htm
• How the Law Affects Adoptive Parents: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/adoptpr.htm
• How the Law Affects Siblings: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/siblings.htm
• How the Law Affects Other Persons: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/otherper.htm
• More Information on the records Search Program: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/moreinfo.htm
• Adoption Search Application: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0144.pdf
• Adoption by Relatives in Wisconsin, Including Stepparent Adoption: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/RELSTEP.htm
• Licensed Adoption Service Agencies in Wisconsin: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/ADOPTAGL.HTM
• Adoption of Children with Special Needs: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/childmonth/snchild.htm
• Information Meetings/Adoption of Children with Special Care Needs or Foster Home Conversions:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/ORIENTATIONMTGS/ORINDEX.HTM
• Department of Health & Family Services Offices to Contact for Information on Adoption of Special Needs Children: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/dcsdist.htm
• Adoption of Special Needs & Minority Children:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/ADOPTSNC.htm
• Adoption Assistance:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/AAINFO.HTM
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services:  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/congress_adopt/leadership.htm
• Adoption Records Search Program and Birthparent Outreach:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/ADSearch.HTM
• Special Needs Child of the Month:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/childmonth/snchild.htm
• Preparing to Adopt a Child with Special Needs: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/technar.HTM
• Department of Health & Family Services Offices to Contact for Information on Adoption of Special Needs Children:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/dcsdist.htm
• Post Adoption Service:  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/postadopt.HTM
• Reimbursable Expenses when Adopting Children with Special Care Needs in Wisconsin: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/Children/adoption/AAREIMB.HTM