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Improving Access to Services in Our Region
The Family Partnership Care Management Coalition (FPCMC) is composed of counties in southern Wisconsin and private, nonprofit organizations, all working together to develop a coordinated, integrated approach to long-term care redesign. The goal is to ensure that all eligible consumers in the region have access to high quality services.
The 12 counties are Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Jefferson, Marquette, Ozaukee, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha and Waushara [FPCMC map]. The community-based agencies are Care Wisconsin, Community Care and Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services launched a Long Term Care Reform Initiative in late 2005. FPCMC received a planning grant of $100,000 in January 2006 to address the concerns of three adult populations: the frail elderly, people with physical disabilities and people with developmental disabilities. FPCMC completed its planning phase in mid-2007 and notified the Department it was ready to move into the implementation phase of long-term care reform. During the remainder of 2007, the FPCMC counties prepared to start Aging and Disability Resource Centers (if not already in existence), which provide information and assistance as well as enroll individuals in Family Care and other public programs.
Also during 2007, Care Wisconsin and Community Care were approved and certified by the Department as Care Management Organizations (CMOs), which provide the Family Care and Partnership programs in the FPCMC counties.
Then in early 2008, FPCMC began to launch Family Care on a State-approved timeline. Please see the implementation schedule:  FPCMC Implementation Timeline 2008-2009.pdf (10.82 KB)
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