Milwaukee County’s Child Welfare System Moves Ahead in Face of Challenges: County and State Still at Odds Eighteen Months After State Takeover

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Cover Story It has been one and half years since Wisconsin’s Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) assumed control of Milwaukee County’s child welfare system. By most accounts, it has been a difficult and emotionally charged process marred by contentious state and county relationships. Most of these battles have followed a long history of state- county feuds about funding; but this time these financial conflicts have been joined by questions about the system of care and state vs. county responsibilities. The state’s takeover of Milwaukee county . . .