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Adult Protective Services: Administrative Code, SafetyNetWorks, Numbered Memos, and Templates

Administrative code revisions

Distribution date: January 2011

Subject: On June 1, 2010, significant changes to Wis. Admin. Code, ch. DHS 85 took effect. These established standards for the approval of non-profit corporate guardians or unincorporated associations suitable to perform the duties of guardian of a person, or of an estate, or both.

SafetyNetWorks

Distribution date: February 2014

Subject: SafetyNetWorks - AAR Info Memo 16 (PDF) Guidance to County Elder Adults/Elder Abuse/Adults at Risk agencies regarding Form GN-4000. Statement of Emergency Protective Placement.

Division numbered and informational memos

Distribution date: July 2018

Subject: DPH Numbered Memo BADR 2022-01 (PDF) Wisconsin Adult Protective Services System

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)/templates

These templates are provided to the counties as guidance only. Follow these steps to modify a template:

  1. Open the template.
  2. Select all of the text.
  3. Copy and paste the text into a new document.

 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)/templates

These templates are provided to the counties as guidance only. Follow these steps to modify a template:

  1. Open the template.
  2. Select all of the text.
  3. Copy and paste the text into a new document.
Last revised September 1, 2023