State of Wisconsin Links for Foster Care and Adoption

Foster Care Links
Overview Information
Licensing Forms
Foster Home Insurance Program
Foster Care Placement-Related Forms
Other Forms and Information

Adoption Links

Foster Care

Overview Information

• Chapter HFS 56 Foster Home Care for Children:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/memos/num_memos/2002/2002-04_hfs56%20attachment.pdf
• Children’s Code Chapter 48:
  http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/stat0048.pdf
• 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/health/children/
• 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/
• Child Welfare Complaint Contacts:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/CoCWComp.pdf
• Child Welfare Program Enhancement Plan (PEP):
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/cwreview/bulletinBrd.htm
• Wisconsin Child Welfare Training System: 
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/CWTrain/INDEX.htm
• Child Foster Care Licensing Checklist:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/cfs0787.pdf
• Foster Care Licensure Notification Form:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/cfs2187.pdf
• Caregiver Background Check
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/F8/F82064.pdf
• Administrative Code HFS 12, Negative Action Notice:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2191.pdf
  

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

• Foster Care Uniform Rate Setting Form:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/CFS0834.pdf
• Placement of Foster Children Information for Foster Parents Part A: http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms/pdf/CFS0872a.pdf
• Information for Foster Parents Part B:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0872b.pdf
• Permanency Plan template, sorted alphabetically by category and county specific templates:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/wisacwis/knowledge_web/Helpdesk/template_mapping.htm#Planning
• Voluntary Placement Agreement:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS1590.pdf
• Foster Home Agreement Child Placed in Out-of-Home Care by Agency: http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0107.pdf
• Out of Home Placement or Recommended Placement Notification: http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2189.pdf
• Medical Services Consent:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS0997.pdf

Other Forms/Information

• Community Advisory Committee Documentation:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/cfs0367.pdf
• Foster Parent Notice – Confidentiality of Records:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DCFS/CFS2186.pdf
• Group Foster Home Personnel Record Checklist:
  http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/dcfs/CFS0383.pdf
• Foster Care Contact Information:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/foster/contact/ques.htm
• State Directories for Group Homes, RCCs, Shelter Care Facilities, and CPAs http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/childrenresidential/Directories/CW-Directories.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://dcf.wisconsin.gov/chldren/adoption/SNATOPICS.HTM
• 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/pdf/CFS2092.pdf
• Confirmation of Needs Form:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/PDF%20Files/Confirmation%20of%20Needs.pdf
• Adoption Information:
  http://dcf.wisconsin.gov/children/adoption/adoptinf.htm
• Information Meetings—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/pdf/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
• 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
• 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