Family & Children Services
FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES UNIT
The family and children’s services unit provides support to children, youth, and families in Dunn County through a wide array of programming including child protective services, youth justice, foster/respite care, and kinship care.
Child Protective Services:
Our Child Protective Services team is dedicated to keeping children safe and supporting families through Wisconsin Legislature: Chapter 48. We work to protect children from harm while helping families stay together whenever it’s safe to do so. We provide the support and resources parents need to care for their children and create a safe, stable home.
Child Welfare Professionals receive and respond to reports of abuse and neglect of children, complete initial assessments and develop safety plans to assure safety of children and provide case planning services to support treatment and behavioral change for families. All of these services are provided with the goal of maintaining children in the homes with their families and enhancing the well-being of children.
Definitions of Abuse and Neglect: Wisconsin Statute 48.02
How to report child abuse and/ or neglect:
Business Hours: Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, call the Dunn County Department of Human Services at 715-232-1116. Evenings, weekends and holidays please call the local law enforcement dispatch number, law enforcement will connect with the on-call worker. Call 911 in the event of an emergency.
What to expect when reporting:
- Identifying Information (i.e. names, dates of birth, relationships and addresses of family and household members).
- Specifics of the injury/alleged maltreatment (such as time, place details of injury)
- Access to alleged maltreater (how often does the alleged maltreater have access to the child?)
- Description of the child including current locations (ie: school), functioning (ie: special needs) and vulnerability (ie: young age)
- Description of the parents functioning and parenting practices
- Description of the family, highlighting general functioning, current stresses and how the family might respond to intervention by social services
- Names and contact information for other people who may have information about the child or family.
- Any information you know or suspect about issues concerning the family or prior concerns you have had.