Care Wisconsin has opened an office at 300 E. Green Bay St. in Shawano.
The phone number is 844-475-9189 or TTY WI Relay 711. Staff is available by appointment.
Care Wisconsin will begin serving Family Care members in Shawano County who will transition from the county-administered long-term care programs beginning in September. The Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Wolf River Region is working with these members to help them understand their options throughout the transition.
The Care Wisconsin office will serve as a location for staff to work and meet with members, providers and others when they are not meeting with members and others in the community.
Members in Shawano County will transition into the program from September until December. The Family Care program will also be offered in Brown, Door, Shawano, Marinette and Menominee counties, and has already begun in Kewaunee and Oconto.
Care Wisconsin has extensive experience delivering community-based health and long-term care services. It serves more than 7,600 members in 24 counties. For nearly 40 years, Care Wisconsin has been filling gaps in services and helping people who are most at risk — low-income frail elders and adults with intellectual/developmental and/or physical disabilities.
With roots as a human services agency, Care Wisconsin was founded in 1976, starting the region’s first adult day center in a church basement. Today, Care Wisconsin offers three public programs, including Family Care, Partnership and Medicaid SSI.
For information, visit www.carewisc.org.