Agency Details:

Children's Service Society Of Wisconsin

Children's Service Society of Wisconsin is a private, not-for-profit agency serving children and families in Wisconsin since 1889. The mission of Children's Service Society is to build, sustain and enhance a nurturing environment for Wisconsin children.

Description:
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, a member of Children's Hospital and Health System, is the state's largest private, not-for-profit provider of child welfare services. Children's Service Society has a 120-year history, working with families to:

• Find loving, stable homes for children

in need of a family through foster
care and adoption.

• Reduce stress and conflict, enhance

parenting skills and strengthen family
ties through counseling.

• Provide services to children in out-of-home care, advocating for their safety, well-being and timely reunification with birthparents whenever possible.
• Offer free, confidential and supportive

guidance to help birthparents dealing
with an unplanned pregnancy.

• Provide intensive in-home services to keep children safe in their homes and prevent out-of-home placement.
• Assist young adults transitioning out of foster care by giving them the skills, training, guidance and support enabling them to make it on their own.
• Provide parents with support and guidance to help them be the best parents they can be



History:
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin was established in 1889 to provide homes for orphaned and abandoned children. Children's Service Society becomes a member of Children's Hospital and Health System in 2004 and is now Wisconsin's largest, private, not-for-profit, provider of child welfare services and serves children and families from 37 locations throughout Wisconsin.


Contact people:


Ann Rolling, Supervisor, (262) 633-3591, (email) Caitlen Daniels, Area DirectorSE, (414) 231-4811, (email)


Office fax number: (414) 453-2538

Address:


2405 Northwestern Ave Ste 205 Racine, WI 53404 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.cssw.org

Last updated on May 21, 2009