Wisconsin Children's Advocacy Organizations

• CASA of Rock County Wisconsin

• Columbia/Sauk CASA

• Dane County CASA, Inc. (including Madison)

• Kids Matter Inc. is a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that provides services for children and families involved in foster care, kinship care, and child survivors of crime.

• CASA of Rock County

• YWCA of the Coulee Region CASA for Kids

• Wisconsin Department of Children and Families contains state data on child abuse and neglect, reports on state and county performance in delivering child welfare services, and communication that guides child welfare practice in the state.

• Wisconsin Child Welfare Training System describes the training required by child welfare staff and the organizations that provide it.

• Wisconsin Department of Justice, Office of Crime Victim Services, Children’s Justice Act Program works to improve the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children.

• Wisconsin Department of Justice, Office of Crime Victim Services, Application for Crime Victims’ Compensation is the form used to apply for reimbursement for medical & mental health expenses, lost wages and benefits and funeral expenses for adults and children who are victims of crime and have no other sources of payment for these services or losses. This is a link to the application form, but prospective applicants should call the Office of Crime Victim Services or speak with their County Victim Witness Coordinator if they have questions.

• The Wisconsin Court System, Children’s Court Improvement Program assists the court system and those providing services to it in achieving safety, permanence, due process, and timeliness outcomes for children and families in child welfare proceedings.

• Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership provides a training schedule for Indian Child Welfare practice.

• Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Wisconsin Council on Children and Families advocates for public policy that supports healthy children and families.

• Children's Trust Fund website contains information on child abuse prevention initiatives and family strengthening programs in Wisconsin.

• The Foster and Adoptive Resource Center provides information and resources for Wisconsin’s foster parents or prospective foster and adoptive families; the public, tribal and private agency foster care, and child welfare and adoption staff.

Wisconsin’s Sovereign Tribal Nations and Bands

(court and social service information)

• Great Lakes Intertribal Council website contains information on the tribes that currently do not host websites, including the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Lac du Flambeau Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa, the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin and the Sokoagon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.

• Brothertown Indian Nation web page provides introductory information on the tribe.

• Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Court page provides information about the laws, constitution and operations of the tribal court.

• Ho-Chunk Nation Guardians Ad Litem Program page provides information on their volunteer GAL program, describes duties and responsibilities, provides application instruction and introduces current GALs serving Ho-Chunk tribal courts.

• La Courte Oreille Band of Ojibwe website provides an overview of the tribe, its history, people and operations, including information on human services and the tribal court.

• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Social Services page provides contact information and a list of services available.

• Oneida Nation website contains its codes of law, constitution, history and culture and business information.

• Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa contains basic information on the tribe.

• Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians Tribal Court page provides information about the courts and a list of advocates working with tribal judges.

• Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. provides legal services and assistant to low-wage earners in Northern Wisconsin, including members of the state’s 11 federally recognized tribes. The Indian Law Office page lists each tribal court in the state and contact information.