TAE Issue Brief: An Annotated History of Wisconsin’s Aging and Disability Resource Centers

Wisconsin’s Family Care pilot program constitutes a major re-design of the state’s long-term care (LTC) system. Concerns over system fragmentation, institutional bias, and rising expenditures fueled a strong desire in Wisconsin to improve and redesign the system. This paper summarizes the Wisconsin Resource Center (RC) experience as documented in The Lewin Group’s four reports for the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau’s Evaluation of the Family Care Program.