Advocacy in Action: ADRC Reinvestment

Advocacy in Action: ADRC Reinvestment

History and Future of ADRCsIf you are used to spending time at your local ADRC or have perhaps worked with an Information and Assistance Specialist or a Benefit Specialist, it may surprise you to learn that ADRCs are relatively new to Wisconsin. The first ADRCs opened...
Help in the Home: Where Do I Start?

Help in the Home: Where Do I Start?

Words like Live-in Care, Home Care, Home Health Care, and In-Home Care are common words used to describe services brought into the home to assist with a person’s needs. The needs can be short-term to long-term care and activities ranging from simple household...
FoodShare Updates

FoodShare Updates

Most FoodShare Interviews Suspended Until June 30, 2021In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is continuing to suspend most FoodShare interviews. The suspension, which would have ended December 31, 2020, will now...
Beating the COVID-19 Blues

Beating the COVID-19 Blues

By guest writer: CP Howes COVID was killing me! Well, not the actual virus, but the stifling boredom that comes with living in a hamstrung society and a steady diet of talk-radio and daytime television interspersed with social media. I even tried to get out more....
Facts about the Flu Vaccine and COVID-19

Facts about the Flu Vaccine and COVID-19

The race toward a vaccine for COVID-19 continues as many clinical trials are in the end stages of testing. While the wait for the COVID-19 vaccine continues, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Mayo Clinic are urging people to get...