Comfort Keepers

Family & Children's Center is a regional, private, nonprofit agency that helps children and adults overcome social, emotional and mental challenges. It offers a continuum of services, including individual and group counseling, in-home guidance, residential care center, youth homes, senior housing and alternative education programs for youth with behavioral problems. It also provides treatment foster care, day treatment, and domestic and child abuse prevention programs. The agency s services are funded by a combination of grants and gifts and are accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services. It employs more than 200 people that include registered nurses, therapists, child psychiatrists and psychologists. Established in 1881 and located in La Crosse, Wis., Family & Children's Center also has facilities in surrounding counties.

Winona County Human Services is one of the departments of the city of Winona, Wis. It administers various services in the areas of welfare, public assistance, social services and child support. It offers several programs, including adult protective services cash assistance, chemical dependency, child maltreatment investigation day care assistance, food stamps, foster care, guardianship, mental health counseling and residential treatment programs. Its programs provide comprehensive coverage for health care services, including preventive care, hospitalization, mental health and chemical dependency services, prescription drugs and dental care. The department also provides special services for people with physical disabilities, chronic health conditions, developmental disabilities, mental illnesses, HIV and AIDS. The department s Web site provides various publications, including brochures, forms, reports, handbooks and fliers.