The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is renewing the Family Care and Family Care Partnership waivers. A waiver is a special set of rules that allows us to have Medicaid programs like Family Care. For Family Care, it includes the 1915(b) and 1915(c) waivers. With them, we can fund more services and supports to help Family Care and Family Care Partnership members stay in their homes and communities.

We must renew the waivers every five years. This is a chance for us to make Family Care and Family Care Partnership better between 2025 and 2030. We can improve policy, services, and other things that can make the programs better for members.

How can I get involved?

Take our survey! We want Family Care and Family Care Partnership members, families, caregivers, providers, managed care organizations, advocates, and other partners to share their thoughts.

We want to know how Family Care and Family Care Partnership can better serve our members. This is a chance to share your ideas about services, supports, and other areas of care. It should only take 10 minutes. It’s available in English, Hmong, and Spanish. Please submit your responses by August 1.

Take the survey

Family Caregiver Involvement | Hospital Discharge Survey:

GWAAR, in partnership with our grassroots caregivers, are conducting a survey to collect Wisconsin family caregiver experiences at the time of a loved one/care recipient’s hospital discharge. The intent is to learn about caregiver involvement at the time of discharge. The survey will take less than five minutes of your time to complete. Please complete it yourself if you are a family caregiver and please promote this survey on your social media, websites, within your caregiver support groups, and in newsletters using the QR code or link to the survey below.

For this survey, a “family caregiver” is defined as any relative, partner, friend, or neighbor who has a significant personal relationship with and provides a broad range of assistance for, an older person or an adult with a chronic or disabling condition. Responses to this survey will be combined with overall results to understand the hospital discharge process in urban cities, rural communities, and elsewhere throughout the state of Wisconsin. The data collected will be shared to promote advocacy efforts related to legislation, administrative rules, and healthcare systems and associations. Information collected will be kept anonymous.

Survey link: https://forms.microsoft.com/r/Jhw6C5KmBa

• Adults 18 and over with any type of disability, chronic illness/disease, mental or physical health condition are encouraged to complete the survey.
• The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete.
• Responses are anonymous.

Are you a person with a disability, ages 18 and up, working for an employer in the United States? If so, the Southwest ADA Center would like to hear from you. Many employers today offer programs and activities designed to improve the health and wellness of their employees. We would like to learn about the wellness programs that your employer offers and your experiences with them. Participant information will be kept anonymous. For more information or to participate in this survey please contact us at 832-708-869 or email: Megan.Gillespie@memorialhermann.org to schedule a brief interview via Zoom.

The League of Women Voters is conducting a Voter Experience survey to hear from voters about their experience in the April 5^th election. 
Please complete the survey and be sure to share any concerns about how the new restrictions on ballot return assistance and on drop boxes affected your voting rights.  If you were not able to vote April 5^th because of these restrictions, be sure to complete the survey.  Survey results will be used to support the need for improvements in policy and accessibility. 

Click on the links to view the survey:   English Survey  or  Spanish Survey