Dane County
Department of Human Services


Long Term Care Reform (Family Care)

Planning for Change | Dane County Joint Committee | Steering Committee
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Family Care Study Agenda

The Chairs of the Health and Human Needs Committee, Human Services Board, Long Term Support Committee, and Area Agency on Aging Board (oversight committees of the Department of Human Services) have developed an agenda to study various components of Family Care. A series of meetings have been scheduled. The format for the meetings includes a speaker to address the topic for the evening; presenters provide background and information on the topic followed by a question and answer period where committee members can ask more detailed questions of the presenters. All meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. and are held at the Job Center Office (1819 Aberg Ave., Madison, WI 53704) in the Ballroom.
Meeting Dates
Thursday, July 24 Tuesday, October 28 Thursday, February 26
Tuesday, August 12 Tuesday, December 2 Tuesday, March 17
Tuesday, August 26 Tuesday, December 16 Tuesday, March 24
Tuesday, Spetember 23 Tuesday, February 17


Planning for Change in Long Term Care (Family Care)

In February 2006, Dane County was awarded a $100,000 Long Term Care Reform planning grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (WDHFS). Dane County worked on this initiative with managed care partners, Community Living Alliance, Inc., and Elder Care of Wisconsin, Inc. Rock County received a $30,000 grant from WDHFS in June 2006 and joined Dane County and its partners in the planning process.

The target groups covered under this grant were older adults and people with physical disabilities. During the planning process committees were formed to address different components of the Managed Care Organization and Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) development. We considered incorporating services for people with mental health and substance abuse needs and people with developmental disabilities into the ADRC and the managed care program.

The final grant report was submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services in July 2008. During the planning process significant work was completed on a draft plan for an ADRC in Dane County. The Dane-Rock region did not submit a plan or timeline for implementation of Family Care in this region. Dane County continues to consider Family Care. Joint committees have developed an agenda for areas of study that are scheduled through December 2008.


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A series of Town Hall meetings has been scheduled in Dane and Rock Counties to provide information to parties interested in Long Term Care Reform and to provide an opportunity for stakeholder input and feedback on our planning process. A schedule of meetings and meeting materials are included below:


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