Birth to 3 Program
Other State Programs for Children

The following are other resources the State of Wisconsin has available for young children and their families.

Financial Resources

BadgerCare Plus: Provides health insurance to eligible pregnant women, children and families, and adults with no dependent children.

Family Support Program: Provides individual services and supports to families that include a child with severe disabilities.

FoodShare Wisconsin: Created to help stop hunger and to improve nutrition and health. FoodShare helps people with limited money buy the food they need for good health.

ForwardHealth: Wisconsin Medicaid: Provides health care for those who are: age 65 or older, blind or disabled, with family income at or below the monthly program limit, and who are United States citizens or legal immigrants.

Katie Beckett Program: Allows certain children who are residents of Wisconsin with long-term disabilities or complex medical needs, living at home with their families, to obtain a Wisconsin Medicaid card.

Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding information, and referral to other health and nutrition services.

Other Supporting Resources

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Collaborates with national, state and community-based partners to link children to appropriate services, close service gaps, reduce duplication and develop policies to better serve families.

Last Revised: September 20, 2011