Health Care for Foster Children – Wisconsin

Program streamlines health care for foster children, By Robert Gebelhoff, April 27, 2015, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Not long ago, when doctors were assigned to provide primary care for foster children, they would spend hours on the phone trying to find specialists willing to provide other medical needs, such as mental health or dental care.  Thomasien Malsch, manager at three Milwaukee-area Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin clinics, said her team would put in at least 20 calls at times to find specialists willing to take the children on.  That frustrating process has eased considerably with the establishment of Care4Kids, a private-public partnership between Children’s and the state departments of Children and Families and Health Services…”