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Child welfare shuffled again; Children's Hospital takes over most county services
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Child welfare shuffled again
Children's Hospital takes over most county services
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and its subsidiaries will take
over most child welfare services in Milwaukee County under a
consolidation of agencies.
Wisconsin Community Service Network, which has provided services
in two regions of the county under a contract with the Bureau of
Milwaukee Child Welfare, will assume the contract of Innovative
Family Partnerships, said Bill Fiss, deputy admini...
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