"Children are our most valuable natural resource." - Herbert Hoover

SOCIAL SERVICES Director, Vicki Tylka, is responsible for services in these areas:

Child Protection:

• Receives and responds to reports of alleged maltreatment of children
• Strengthens families, and ensures safety and permanence of children
• Licenses family foster homes

Juvenile Justice:

• Receives referrals from law enforcement agencies and schools
• Responds to delinquent behavior through informal disposition and court involvement

Long Term Support:

• Provision or arrangement of services for children with disabilites (physical, developmental, mental illness)

Economic Support:

• Eligibility determination for FoodShare, Medicaid (Badger Care), Kinship Care and Caretaker Supplement
• Eligibility determination; authorization and certification for Child Care

Child Support:

• Establishment of paternity and court orders
• Locating non-custodial parents for support purposes
• Monitoring payments and initiating administrative procedures and legal actions to enforce compliance with court orders

EEO/Civil Rights Information is available online.