About FPCMC

The Family Partnership Care Management Coalition (FPCMC) was organized in mid-2005 to begin planning for long-term care redesign. Our coalition grew out of the Family Partnership Initiative, with 15 counties and Lutheran Social Services joining forces to provide managed care and community services for youth at risk of institutionalization.

In planning for long-term care reform, we built on the experience of existing, local county long-term care staff and programs, in coordination with community nonprofit partners who have proven experience in high quality, integrated managed care.  We also turned to a range of stakeholders – consumers, families, advocates, providers, social services agencies and other interested groups and individuals – for broad input into long-term care reform.

FPCMC completed the planning and roll-out phases of long-term care reform by Sept. 1, 2008 for all counties except Walworth County, which is scheduled to start Family Care in mid-2009. 

All other counties have now opened Aging & Disability Resource Centers, to provide information and assistance to all citizens and enrollment for eligible individuals in Family Care.  The Family Care programs – Family Care and, in several FPCMC counties, Family Care Partnership – are now provided by the care management organizations, Care Wisconsin and Community Care. 

Within the first six months of operation, all current waiver clients in each county transitioned to Family Care.  After the six months, the waiver programs have closed in each county.  In addition, starting at the same time, eligible individuals on the waiting lists began enrolling in Family Care, a process scheduled over a 24-month period.  At the end of two years, the goal is to eliminate waiting lists.  

Also, at the end of August 2008, FPCMC transitioned from a regional planning and implementation group to a coalition composed of counties and care management organizations, with a focus on operational matters. 

Counties in FPCMC

There are 12 counties in FPCMC:  Columbia, Dodge, Green Lake, Jefferson, Marquette, Ozaukee, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha and Waushara [FPCMC map]. 

Care Management Organizations in FPCMC

The care management organizations are Care Wisconsin and Community Care.  Each private, community agency has a long history of service to the elderly and people with disabilities.  Founded here in Wisconsin, these local organizations have provided the Wisconsin Partnership Program as well as other care management programs.

Our Goal

Our goal is to ensure that all eligible consumers in the region have access to high quality services. We want to eliminate waiting lists – totaling over 2,600 for our 12-county region – and support frail elderly and adults with disabilities in their choice to remain independent at home and in the community.

Our planning efforts to redesign our local long-term care system are rooted in the values of choice, quality, access, cost-efficiency and integration. We’re moving toward a fully-integrated approach to care planning and management, where we coordinate long-term care with primary and acute health care.