Family Support

If you have questions about family to family support, please contact the Resource Center at 800-234-5437.

• Family Voices of Wisconsin is a network of Wisconsin families with children or youth with special health care needs and those who work on their behalf. The group focuses on health care access, coverage and community supports.
• Wisconsin Family Ties provides support to families that include children with social, emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. Staff are parents of children with behavior or mental health needs, who understand the joys and challenges of this journey. Staff provides support and guidance based on best practices, lived experiences, and an understanding that only those who have walked in your shoes can provide.
• Parent-to-Parent of Wisconsin provides parent support to parents and other caregivers through a one-on-one connection to another parent with a similar experience who knows firsthand about the feelings and realities of having a child with special health care needs. When parents of children with special health care needs are asked who best can support them emotionally, their first choice is other parents who had a similar experience.
• WisconSibs provides support to siblings of children or youth with special health care needs. The group offers peer support programs, resources, social activities and leadership opportunities
• Autism Society of Southeast Wisconsin creates connections, empowering everyone in the Autism community with the resources needed to live fully including parent support groups and familiy activities
• Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin provides support to Wisconsin families and individuals with Down syndrome and related disabilities through awareness, education, information, programs, services, and the exchange of ideas and experiences.