Frequently Asked Questions

 

How does the foster care system work?

In cases where children may not be safe with their family of origin, BMCW looks to foster and adoptive families to provide appropriate temporary and permanent homes for children who cannot live with their parents. In order for this to occur, the BMCW worker must go to Children's Court to get a court order called a CHIPS (Children in Need of Protection or Services) order for the child to be placed in a foster home. These cases are transferred to and monitored by ongoing case managers (OCM) as long as a court order is in place. The OCM ensures the family receives the services it needs to work toward reunification or some other form of permanence for the child. The OCM is responsible for family assessment and permanency planning, as well as for providing services identified by the court to assist the child and family. Family foster care and treatment foster care are designed to be temporary placements for children when their parents cannot care for them. Foster, treatment and adoptive families must be complete training and licensing requirements.

For more information about foster care and licensing:

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families website

Information about foster care

How to become a foster parent

Questions about clothing for children in foster care

 

The Fostering Healing Program is supported in part by Victims of Crime Act Subgrant No. 2006 -081-08 awarded by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services under a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantor agencies.

 

 

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