Address: 3530 N. County Trunk F, P.O. Box 1649, Janesville, WI 53547-1649

Telephone Number: 608-757-5200

Fax Number: 608-757-5374

Email address: rchsd@co.rock.wi.us

Website: www.co.rock.wi.us

Contact Person:

Child Protective Services - there are two primary purposes for Child Protective Services (CPS) intervention with families. The primary purpose is to control for the safety of children who are at imminent risk of maltreatment. The second purpose is to alter the conditions or dynamics within families, which create risk of maltreatment.

CPS intervention is community - based and relies on collaboration with other professionals. Family involvement in decision-making is sought, and when child safety can be assured, maintaining the family unity is an objective of intervention. When out-of-home placement is required to assure child safety, intervention efforts are directed towards family reunification. All permanency options for children will be planned for upon involvement with CPS.

Juvenile Justice Services - The Juvenile Justice Services Division (JJS) is composed of the Adolescent Services Center, two Juvenile Probation Units, and the Juvenile Detention Center. A continuum of services has been developed within the division to provide supervision and treatment for juveniles and their families who have been referred to the Juvenile Justice System of Rock County. The division's work is guided by the need to provide for public safety, juvenile accountability and increased competency.

Job Center - The Job Center's key objectives are to provide "ONE STOP SHOPPING" for job seekers, employers, and individuals in need of supportive services. The Job Center will provide employment and training services, promote the well being of individuals through work, help individuals obtain quality jobs and employment training, offer employers quality workers, provide resources for employee retention and advancement in the work place, provide assistance and case management for individuals in need, provide integrated services for employers, job seekers and individuals in need of assistance and provide local leadership, direction, and outreach programs to promote employment, training and supportive services. The Rock County Job Center is pert of the Wisconsin Job Center Network and the Southwest Workforce Development Area.

The following agencies/programs are located at the Rock County Job Center: W-2, Economic Support, Energy Services, South Central Child Care Resource and Referral, Long Term Support, IDP Program, Division of Workforce Excellence-Job Service, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, AFL-CIO Labor Education and Training, and Blackhawk Technical College.

Drop-In Child Care Center - The key objective is to provide quality drop-in childcare in accordance with State and Federal regulations for all customers using the services provide at the Job Center.

Economic Support Services - Efficiently operate State and Federal Economic Support Division Programs, which include: Wisconsin Works (W-2), Medical Assistance (MA), Food Stamps (FS), and Childcare (CC). These programs are operated under contract with the State and are required by State and Federal Law, leaving little room for local discretion. The relief Block Grant program is an option to each Wisconsin County under the broad guidelines of Chapter 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Rock County has opted to operate a cash-only Interim Assistance Program.

Long Term Support Services - Long Term Support Services (LTS) provides assessment, case plans, and ongoing case management for eligible individuals. The primary target groups who receive services through Long Term Support are people who are Elderly (over the age of 65), and/or Physically/Sensory Disabled (age 18 to 65). In addition to LTS is the County's designated Elder Abuse investigative agency and LTS staff recruit and certify adult family homes for clients of the Human Services Department and the Developmental Disabilities Department. Services are delivered through the use of County, State and Federal funding sources to assist eligible residents to maintain independence in the community. Funding sources include basic County Allocation, Community Options, Medical Assistance Waiver, Alzheimer Family and Caregivers Support Program, GM/UAW, and limited County tax levy.

Long Term Support staff are an integral art of case plan development, bringing together vital community services in an effort to assist individuals. Staff provide, arrange, and manage numerous community-based long-term support programs. Services are designed to enable people to live in the least restrictive environment.

Outpatient Services:

Triage Services - Where feasible and prudent the Outpatient Services unit adheres to the concept of managed access to care and resources while allowing for individualized treatment planning and adherence to prevailing standards of care. The Triage Unit provides for the assessment of non-emergency mental health and AODA referrals, the identification of therapeutic resources within the Department and the community, and the prioritization of service needs. The Department recognizes that certain chronic and high-risk conditions will require extended care and extra service resources. Other conditions may require services to prevent inpatient care, out of home placement, and/or residential care.

Chemical Dependency Services - The Department provides Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) services to Rock County residents utilizing a managed care format. The system permits fiscal management of limited resources and ensures client access to AODA treatment consistent with assessed need. Outpatient personnel provide AODA assessment and federal services. Contracted providers deliver AODA treatment services. AODA treatment services for eligible clients are authorized to the limit of available budgeted resources.

Outpatient Clinics - The Department provides counseling and other therapeutic services at outpatient clinics in Southern Rock County (Beloit) and Northern Rock County (Janesville). The State of Wisconsin under HSS 61.92 certifies both clinics. Services available through the clinics include psychiatric, psychological and psychosocial evaluations; alcohol and drug abuse assessments; individual, family, couple, and group counseling; nurse case management services; and psychiatric treatment services. Pharmacological therapy, crisis intervention and referral services are available to registered clients. A large number of eligible outpatient clients are provided with medication at no cost.

The mission of the outpatient clinics has been adapted to accommodate the special needs of Child Protective Services (CPS) referred clients and their families, i.e., by the inclusion of CPS emphasis staff at both clinics.

Community Nursing Services - The primary objective of Community Nursing is to provide nursing services to registered outpatient clients. The focus is to provide nursing services to clients receiving treatment for severe, persistent mental illness; chronic substance abuse; and to clients whose primary service involved psychotropic medication. The nurses provide consultation and recommendations to non-medical staff on an ongoing basis. Community Nursing staff oversee medication distribution offered through the outpatient sites and are responsible for securing sample and "program" medication in order to ensure that psychotropic medications are available to needy clients.

Family Crisis Services - The primary focus of Family Crisis is family-focused mental health services where the child, parent, or both may be the identified client(s) and is viewed as having a significant unmet need. Services which exceed a ninety day time period may be referred out to the community or they may be followed by the Juvenile Justice In-Home Family Treatment and/or CCSN program, as appropriate. Family Crisis operated in compliance with HFS Chapter 34 standards.

Crisis Intervention - The Crisis Intervention Unit provides emergency assessment and referral to individuals experiencing mental health and alcohol and other drug abuse problems, when family or other support systems can no longer alleviate these problems. The unit's priorities in 2005 will be to expand our crisis bed capacity and develop other community-based alternatives to hospitalization. This will be in addition to the 8-bed crisis stabilization facility developed in 2002. These resources, along with increased mobility, will enable further decreases in hospital admissions, both voluntarily and involuntary. Crisis Intervention will continue to work with community agencies and organizations in educating them about the array of services available and how to access them. The Crisis Unit is certified under HFS Chapter 34 and operates in accordance with these standards.

Crisis Stabilization Facility - The Human Services Department contracts with Tellurian UCAN, Inc. to provide an eight-bed crisis stabilization facility in Rock County. The service is designed and operated in accordance with HFS Chapter 34. This facility provides a less restrictive alternative to psychiatric hospitalization. The majority of clients will be voluntarily placed, but a small percentage will be placed per 51.15 detentions.

Medically Monitored Detoxification - The Rock County Human Services Department (HSD) contracts with Tellurian UCAN, Inc. of Madison Wisconsin to provide detoxification services to Rock County residents. The majority of admissions are admitted under Chapter 51.45. A number of admissions have a co-occurring mental health condition and require inpatient psychiatric care following detoxification. The service is designed and operated in accordance with the provisions of HFS 75.07 and is located on the fifth floor of Rock County Health Care Center.

Court Services - Court Services exists to provide assistance and support to county legal, clinical, contracted clinical, and administrative staff as their practice relates to State and Federal law. A function of this position is to advise the Department Director or designee regarding the discharge of clients under police detention prior to a court hearing. Issues such as a civil liberty and public safety must be balanced in making recommendations of this type. The balance of civil liberty and public safety also occurs in the context of recommitment hearings. Special attention and effort will be focused upon seeking favorable court opinions with respect to competency issues specific to consent for medication.

Community Support Program - The Community Support Program (CSP) is a State-Certified program whose mission is to provide cost-effective, comprehensive treatment and support services to Rock County residents who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. CSP affords the opportunity for its participants to obtain long-term treatment through a comprehensive and coordinated network of services in a natural community setting. Services are rendered following a comprehensive in-depth assessment (psychological evaluation) and in accordance with a comprehensive treatment plan, reviewed at a minimum of every six months by the participant's primary case manager. Services are individualized to the participant's need and coordinated within the CSP team as well as with other community collaterals. Other treatment principals of the program are to promote normalization and community integration. All services are coordinated and deployed with collaborative goals developed between the participant and the staff in a proactive manner. A focus on reducing homelessness will continue by expanding services and permanent housing for homeless individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.

People Served (who is eligible): Resident of Rock County that meet qualifications for the various programs.

Accessibility to persons with a disability: Yes

Area Served: Rock County