| Centers for People with Developmental Disabilities
The Division of Disability and Elder Services, under the auspices of the Department of Health and Family Services,
currently operates three centers for people with
developmental disabilities in Wisconsin: Central Wisconsin Center; Northern
Wisconsin Center; and Southern Wisconsin Center.
Using an interdisciplinary approach
for meeting the social, psychological, health, developmental, educational and vocational
needs of each individual through the provision of active treatment, these Centers provide:
Residential care and treatment to Wisconsin citizens with developmental disabilities
when this care cannot be provided by local human service agencies;
Short term care, evaluation, and diagnosis as a supportive service to divert extended
care admissions;
Identification of the types of supports needed to return the individual to their local
community with person centered planning when the person can live in a less restrictive
environment;
The support to succeed in their choice of community through community consultation,
treatment, intervention and training.
Statutory authority for the operation of the Centers for the Developmentally Disabled
is found in Chapters 51 and 55 of Wisconsin Statutes. Individuals are referred through
their county human service agencies and courts. All individuals over 18 are protectively
placed under Chapter 55 and have a court appointed guardian.
Each Center is licensed as an ICF/MR (Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally
Retarded) and complies with all Federal Title 19 regulations.
Contact Information:
Theodore Bunck, Director
Central Wisconsin Center
for the Developmentally Disabled
(Directions to Central Wisconsin
Center)
317 Knutson Drive
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 301-9200
Fax: (608) 301-9423
Louise Ramseier, Director
Northern Wisconsin Center for the
Developmentally Disabled
(Directions to Northern Wisconsin Center)
P.O. Box 340
2820 E. Park Avenue
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Phone: (715) 723-5542, ext. 4100
Fax: (715) 723-8464
James Hutchison, Director
Southern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally
Disabled
(Directions to Southern Wisconsin Center)
21425 Spring Street
Union Grove, WI 53182-9708
Phone: (262) 878-2411, ext. 2200
Fax: (262) 878-2922
Last Revised: March 28, 2008 |
