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Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Disabilities Services
Division (DSD), in an initial partnership with Independent Care
Health Plan (iCare) and Community Care, Inc., received a grant
in 2006 from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS)* to plan a reformed system of long-term care for adults under the age of 60 with disabilities in Milwaukee County. This is part of a statewide effort to plan a more integrated and better managed system of long-term care. One of the main goals is to reduce and eventually eliminate waiting lists for long-term care services. Milwaukee County
DHHS DSD, iCare and Community Care, came together as partners in this long-term care planning process.
However, when the State grant money was expended and the model
for long-term care in Milwaukee County envisioned that the
existing Milwaukee County Family Care
Care Management Organization (CMO) would be expanded and the
partners would offer other independent CMO choices, Milwaukee
County funded continued planning efforts and the partners became less involved.
The Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Inc. is providing project management services.
Implementation of Family Care expansion, and the start of eliminating the wait list, is
expected in 2009.
This website provides background on long-term care reform, an overview of Milwaukee County’s planning process,
updates from the planning groups, information on the
Consumer / Stakeholder Advisory Council, frequently asked questions from consumers and stakeholders, and an opportunity for interested individuals to submit their feedback and opinions.
Click on the links below to visit the partners’ websites:
*DHS was formerly called the Department of
Health and Family Services or DHFS.
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