Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin Community Services

Child and Family Counseling - Child and Family Counseling helps children and their families heal from trauma and other adverse childhood experiences so they can become healthy, productive adults.

Family Outreach & Support Services (FOSS) - The Family Outreach & Support Services program provides parenting education and support to families both in-home and through parenting classes. Components of the program include:

• The voluntary in-home parent education program uses the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting program and provides families with extra help in caring for their children by linking them to services and support within the community.
• Pathways to Parenting is a voluntary 10-week class that uses the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting curriculum and is designed for parents of children ages birth to 12 years old.
• Parents and Teens Connecting is a voluntary 12-week class that uses the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting curriculum and is designed for parents to attend with their teenage children to learn the skills they need to keep their relationship strong.

The mission of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is to C.A.R.E:

C: Caregiving
A: Advocacy
R: Research
E: Education

Caregiving: We offer some of the nation's best medical care and social services at 40 Wisconsin locations (PDF).
Advocacy: We speak up to protect children.
Research: We are finding cures to the illnesses that affect children.
Education: We are teaching kids, sharing what we learn and training others to care for kids.