Wisconsin Department of Children and Families [SEP] inception
Family Services (DHFS), on July 1, 1996. In 2008, various programs of the DHFS were combined with others from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, to create a new Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. The first Secretary of Children and Families was Reginald Bicha.
Wisconsin DCF Divisions.
- Division of Management Services: Oversees financial management, information systems and technology; human resource services and employment relations; affirmative action and civil rights compliance; purchasing and contract administration; facilities management; project management;
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a governmental agency of the U.S. State of Wisconsin responsible for providing (and overseeing county provision of) services to assist children and families, including services for children in need of protection or services for their families, adoption and foster care services, licensing of facilities that care for children, background investigations of child caregivers, refugee family services, and child abuse and neglect investigations. It administers the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program, including