**OCSE Child Access & Visitation Program Name of State: Wisconsin**

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**Part I: Contact Information**

-   Name of State Program Contact David Duran

-   Name of Designated State Agency Wisconsin Department of Health and
    Family Services

> Division of Children and Family Services

-   Street Address 1 West Wilson Street, PO Box 8916

-   City, State, & Zipcode Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8916

-   Telephone no. (608) 267-9202

-   E-mail Address <durand@dhfs.state.wi.us>

-   Fax no. (608) 267-2069

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## Part II: Statistical Profile 

-   No. of minor children under 18 years

> of age living with one biological parent. 374,170
>
> (1990 U. S. Census data)

## Part III: Previous and Current Year Funding Levels

**[Federal \$ Grant]{.underline} [State \$ Match]{.underline} and
[Percentage]{.underline}**

-   FFY 1997 \$191,285 \$21,253 10%

-   FFY 1998 \$191,285 \$21,300 10%

-   FFY 1999 \$169,601 \$16,960 10%

-   FFY 2000 \$169,601 \$15,264

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## Part IV: Summary of State's Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Grant Funds

**[Yes]{.underline} [No]{.underline}**

#### Process for Awarding Funds: 

#### Request for Proposals X 

#### (new & continuation)

-   **New only**

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-   **Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Time of Year RFP's are Issued and/or Funding Decisions Are Made:**

Fall \_\_\_\_\_ Winter \_\_\_\_\_ Spring \_\_\_\_\_ Summer \_\_\_\_\_

**Award of Funds:** Grants \_X\_\_\_ Contracts \_\_\_\_\_ Cooperative
Agreements \_\_\_\_\_

**[Targeted Priority Areas]{.underline}:**

-   **Mediation**

voluntary **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

mandatory **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Counseling Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Education Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Parenting Plans Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Visitation Enforcement**

monitoring **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

supervision **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

neutral drop-off/pick-up **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Development of Guidelines**

> Visitation **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**
>
> Alternative custody arrangements **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

**Summary Narrative: Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Funds**

Wisconsin will use FFY 2000 funds under the Grants to State for Access
and Visitation Program to continue funding community-initiated projects
under the categories allowed in the federal legislation. In FFY 2000,
Wisconsin will also seek new innovative projects through an open
competitive request for proposal process. The Wisconsin Department of
Health and Family Services may continue to fund one or two of the
initial projects that have strong linkages with their family court
system, have proven to be cost-effective, achieved its outcomes, and
have viable sustainability prospects through other funding sources after
FFY 2000 funding expires.

The following local projects initially funded with FFY 1997 funds and
refunded with FFY 1998 and FFY 1999 funds, anticipate to continue
operating Access and Visitation programs the next twelve month period
starting July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001.

-   **[Ozaukee Family Services]{.underline} --** This program includes
    three components: 1) co-parenting education for all divorcing
    parents in the county; 2) supervised visitation to facilitate access
    in a safe, supervised environment; and 3) neutral exchange services
    to reduce conflict during visitation exchanges. Grant amount:
    \$19,716.

-   **[Wisconsin Coulee Region Community Action Program,
    Inc.]{.underline}:** Coulee CAP, through their Families First
    Resource Center, will provide a neutral drop off and pick up place
    for weekend exchanges; a "Dad and Me" activity time to enhance
    father/child interaction; and group discussion and training focused
    on parenting issues for non-custodial fathers. Grant amount:
    \$14,028.

-   **[Triniteam, Inc. -- Eau Claire:]{.underline}** Triniteam provides
    a program entitled "Parenting Apart---Caring Together" (P.A.C.T.).
    The program includes a safe exchange site for high-conflict divorces
    and domestic violence situations; parent/child educational

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services to help parents understand how they put children in the middle
of their conflict; and increased supervised visitation services. Grant
amount; \$13,629.

-   **[Children's Service Society (CSS) of Wisconsin -- Dane
    County:]{.underline}** CSS will provide a supervised visitation
    center for all

County residents. The center will provide both monitored exchanges and
monitored visits as appropriate to the situation and the safety concerns
present in a given family. Grant amount: \$14,428.

-   **[Price County Department of Human Services:]{.underline}** The
    Price County program will include a support group for non-

custodial parents and their children, information on other resources and
support available in the county, and group

recreational/educational activities. Services will be provided in a
safe, supportive site that is accessible and not

associated with social services. Grant amount: \$25,371.

-   **[Family Support Center -- Chippewa County:]{.underline}** The
    Family Support Center will create the Chippewa County Family

Exchange Place to provide a neutral drop off and pick up site; another
site for unsupervised visits if a suitable site for

visiting is not available to the non-custodial parent, and a site for
supervised visits as ordered by the court. Grant

amount: \$8,912.

-   **[Prevention and Protection of Abused Children (PPAC), Inc. -
    Waukesha County:]{.underline}** PPAC will relocate and expand their

current supervised visitation program for non-custodial parents and
their children. The new facility provides a more

natural family-like environment than did the previous playroom site. The
new facilities offer access to a kitchen, bathing

facilities in an apartment-like setting which makes parents and children
feel comfortable. Families will also have access

to the services of the Family Resource Center that is located within the
same facility. Grant amount: \$34,399.

-   **[Dodge County Family Court Counseling:]{.underline}** The Dodge
    County Family Court will provide "Structured Co-Parent

Counseling" for parents involved in high conflict divorce or paternity
cases. Services for this structure, time-limited

model (four 2-hours sessions) will be purchased from training local
counselors. Grant amount: \$12,621.

As an important sidenote, the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
Services provided a small grant in the amount of \$19,844 (FFY 98 funds)
to the Wisconsin Fragile Family Resource Center (WFFRC), to assist in
the development of a father-friendly self-assessment instrument. The
Department funded Phase I of the self-assessment instrument using Child
Access and Visitation grant funds; Phases II and III of the project will
be funded with Family Preservation and Support program dollars. WFFRC
will assist in identifying, selecting, and providing technical
assistance to two rural counties that will be used as pilots for testing
the use of the father-friendly self-assessment. The Wisconsin Department
of Health and Family Services anticipates that the findings from the two
pilot rural counties selected to administer the self-assessment will
yield excellent information to help develop future programs and services
targeting non-custodial parents and their families.

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## Part V: Projects Funded by States with FFY 98 OCSE Dollars

# 

**Grantee Name, Address Amount of Award & Number of Parents Served:**

& Phone Number Services Provided Total \# \# fathers \# mothers

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1\.                   | Education, monitored  | 16 8 8                |
|                       | and supervised        |                       |
| Children's Service    | visitation            |                       |
| Society of Wisconsin, |                       |                       |
| Dane County           |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2\.                   | Counseling,           | 24 12 12              |
|                       | education, parenting  |                       |
| Family Court          | plans, and guidelines |                       |
| Counseling Services,  | for custody &         |                       |
| Dodge County          | visitation            |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3\.                   | Education, neutral    | 10 5 5                |
|                       | drop-off and pick-up  |                       |
| Family Support Center |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Chippewa County       |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 4\.                   | Education, supervised | 112 54 54             |
|                       | visitation            |                       |
| Ozaukee Family        |                       |                       |
| Services              |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Ozaukee County        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5\.                   | Mediation, education, | 35 18 19              |
|                       | monitored visitation, |                       |
| Parent and Children   | supervised visitation |                       |
| Together, Price       |                       |                       |
| County Department of  |                       |                       |
| Human Services        |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6\.                   | Supervised and        | 56 27 29              |
|                       | therapeutic           |                       |
| Prevention and        | visitation            |                       |
| Protection of Abused  |                       |                       |
| Children, Inc.        |                       |                       |
| Waukesha County       |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 7\.                   | Education, supervised | 16 8 3                |
|                       | & therapeutic         |                       |
| Triniteam, Inc. Eau   | visitation            | 7 0 7                 |
| Claire County         |                       |                       |
|                       | Education, parenting  |                       |
| 8\.                   | plans, neutral        |                       |
|                       | drop-off and pick-up, |                       |
| Wisconsin Coulee      | "Dad's & Me",         |                       |
| Region Community      | "Breakfast with Dad", |                       |
| Action Program, Inc.  | and "Kid Central"     |                       |
| Vernon County         |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 9\.                   | Development of a      |                       |
|                       | "father friendly"     |                       |
| Wisconsin Resource    | self-assessment       |                       |
| Center on Fragile     | instrument for human  |                       |
| Families, Wisconsin   | service programs      |                       |
| Goodwill Industries   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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# Participant Data: Part A

(by income and marital status)

**Grantee Name & Average Annual Parent Participation Rates:**

#### Program Title Income 

####  divorced separated unwed

+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 1\. Dane      |           | 31%         | 19%         | 50%         |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 2\. Dodge     |           |             |             |             |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 3\. Chippewa  |           |             |             |             |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 4\. Ozaukee   |           | 20%         | 70%         | 10%         |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 5\. Price     |           | 5%          | 92%         | 3%          |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 6.  Waukesha  |           | 45%         | 2%          | 53%         |
|     County    |           |             |             |             |
|               |           | 80%         | 5%          | 15%         |
| 7.  Eau       |           |             |             |             |
|     Claire    |           | 100%        |             |             |
|     County    |           |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
| 8\. Vernon    |           |             |             |             |
| County        |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

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# Participant Data: Part B

(by race/ethnicity**)**

**Grantee Name [RACIAL / ETHNIC BREAKOUT:]{.underline}**

**White Black Hispanic Asian Native Pacific**

**American Islander or other\***

+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **1**. **Dane  | *      | **    |        |        | **1%** | **20%  |
| County**       | *69%** | 10%** |        |        |        | o      |
|                |        |       |        |        |        | ther** |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **2. Dodge     |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 3.  **Chippewa |        |       |        |        |        |        |
|     County**   |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 4.  **Ozaukee  | *      |       | **2%** |        | **1%** |        |
|     County**   | *90%** |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 5.  **Price    | **     |       |        |        |        |        |
|     County**   | 100%** |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **6. Waukesha  | *      | *     | **7%** | **2%** | **2%** |        |
| County**       | *84%** | *5%** |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **7. Eau       | *      |       | **5%** |        | *      |        |
| Claire         | *85%** |       |        |        | *10%** |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
|                | **     |       |        |        |        |        |
| **8. Vernon    | 100%** |       |        |        |        |        |
| County**       |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

#### Don't Know \_\_\_\_\_\_ Other, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 

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# Sources of Client Referral

**GRANTEE**

> Self-Referral TANF Child Welfare Child Support Social Services Courts
> Private Agency

+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 1.     | X      |        | X      |        | X      | X      | X      |
|   Dane |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2\.    |        |        |        |        |        | X      | X      |
| Dodge  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 3\.    | X      |        |        |        |        | X      | X      |
| Ch     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| ippewa |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 4\.    | X      |        | X      |        | X      | X      | X      |
| O      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| zaukee |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 5\.    | X      |        | X      | X      |        | X      | X      |
| Price  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 6.  W  | X      | X      | X      | X      | X      | X      | X      |
| akesha |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        | X      |        | X      | X      | X      | X      | X      |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        | X      |        | X      |        |        |        |        |
| 7      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| .  Eau |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| Claire |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| 8.     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| Vernon |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| County |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+