In Wisconsin, there are more American Indian children in foster care than there are licensed American Indian foster parents.
With your help, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families is working to increase the number of American Indian foster families to strengthen these community and cultural connections for American Indian children who are experiencing out-of-home placement in Milwaukee County and the balance of the State.
Indian Child Welfare Contacts
If you are an American Indian and would like to learn more about foster care or become a licensed foster home, please contact:
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Gina Secord
arcmgr@badriver-nsn.gov
PO Box 55
Odanah, WI 54861
Phone: (715)-682-7127, ext. 1436
Fax: (715)-682-7800
Forest County Potawatomi
Juliea Kaye
juliea.kaye@fcp-nsn.gov
Deanna Collins
deanna.collins@fcp-nsn.gov
5415 Everybody’s Road
Crandon, WI 54520
Phone: (715)-478-4812
Fax: (715)-478-7442
Ho-Chunk Nation
Jacqueline Moen-Kadlec
Jacqueline.moen-kadlec@ho-chunk.com
808 Red Iron Road
Black River Falls, WI 54615
Phone: (715)-284-2622
Direct Intake Line: (715)-284-7749
Lac Courte Orielles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Tibissum Rice
Phone: (715)-634-8934
tibissum.rice@lco-nsn.gov
Jennifer LaRonge, Foster Care Coordinator
Phone: (715)-558-7447
jennie.laronge@lco-nsn.gov
Carole DeMain, Kinship Care Coordinator
Phone: (715)-558-7427
carole.demain@lco-nsn.gov
13394 W. Trepania Road
Hayward, WI 54843-2186
Fax: (715)-634-2981
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Jamie Edwards
jaime.edwards@ldftribe.com
418 Little Pines Road
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone: (715)-588-4275
Fax: (715)-588-3855
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Kristy Escalante, Foster Care Coordinator
kescalante@mitw.org
Catherine Pyawasay, ICWA Senior Worker
cpyawasay@mitw.org
N2150 White Cedar Road
Gresham, WI 54128
Oneida Nation
Kathleen LaPlant, Child Placement Coordinator
klaplant@oneidanation.org
Phone: (920)-490-3707
Louise Padron
lpadron2@oneidanation.org
Phone: (920)-490-3760
Yelih Powless
ypowless@oneidanation.org
Phone: (920)-490-3808
PO Box 365
Oneida, WI 54155
Phone: (920)-490-3700
Fax: (920)-490-3820
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Juliet Means, Director
Juliet.means@redcliff-nsn.org
37250 Water Tower Road
Bayfield, WI 54814
Phone: (715)-779-3747
Fax: (715)-779-3783
Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Wisconsin
Mandi VanZile, Interim Director
mandi.eernisse@scc-nsn.gov
Amber Novak
amber.novak@scc-nsn.gov
3051 Sand Lake Road
Crandon, WI 54520
Phone: (715)-478-6437
Fax: (715)-478-0692
St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin
Samantha Larson, Child Placement Coordinator
samanthal@stcroixojibwe-nsn.gov
Liz Lowe
elizabethl@stcroixojibwe-nsn.gov
4404 State Road 70
Webster, WI 54893
Phone: (715)-349-8554, ext. 5305
Cell: (715)-416-2418
Fax: (715)-349-8665
Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin
Natalie Minshell
natalie.minshell@mohican.nsn.gov
Phone: (715)-793-4580
Violet Ready
Violet.ready@mohican.com
Phone: (715)-793-3007
W12802 County Hwy A
Bowler, WI 54416
Fax: (715)-793-1312
If you are American Indian and would like to learn more about fostering children in Milwaukee County please contact one or both of the agencies listed below:
In Milwaukee County
Children’s Wisconsin
Phone: 414-543-4376
Email: fostercare@childrenswi.org
https://www.childrenswi.org/fostercare
Wellpoint Care Network
Phone: 855-GROW-HOPE
Email: growhope@wellpointcare.org
https://wellpointcare.org/services/child-family-well-being/foster-parenting
Additional Contacts
DSP Tribal Affairs Specialist
(920) 785-7839
dcfwicwa@wisconsin.gov
DCF Tribal Liaison
(608) 422-7076
dcfwicwa@wisconsin.gov
U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs
https://www.bia.gov/bia/ois
National Congress of American Indians
http://www.ncai.org/
If your tribe is not listed above, please contact the Wisconsin Family Connections Center at 1-800-762-8063 or info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org.
