Developed out of Governor Doyle's KidsFirst Agenda initiative through the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS)
After a Request for Proposal (RFP) process issued by the DHFS in Fall 2004, the Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Inc. was selected to administer the office
The Office of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare (OMOCW) began accepting complaints on June 13, 2005
On July 1, 2008, the OMOCW contract moved from the
Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) to the
Department of Children and Families (DCF)
On June 30, 2010, the OMOCW contract with the State
expired. The interim complaint resolution process has been
moved to the Department of Children and Families while a new
contractor is selected to implement a new external complaint
resolution process.
The photographs used on this website are models and not actual children involved with the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare.
