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Community Resources and Family Support Groups
 
Family Empowerment Network: Supporting Families Affected by FAS - University of Wisconsin Medical School, Department of Family Medicine
1100 Delaplaine Court
Madison, WI 53715
Phone: (608) 261-1419  Fax: (608) 263-5813  
Contact: Georgiana Wilton, PhD; Michael Fleming, MD, MPH; Raina Zwadzich
fen@fammed.wisc.edu
www.fasdeducation.org; www.pregnancyandalcohol.org
FEN has an information line and newsletter (FEN Pen) for the U.S. and Canada; workshops for families and professionals in Wisconsin and elsewhere; and comprehensive family training services for Wisconsin families.

FEN-North
1409 Hammond Avenue
Superior, WI 54880
Phone: 715-395-1404  Fax: 715-395-1434  
Contact: Judy Walker, Nursing Director
dcphdrrf@chartermi.net
Affiliated with FEN in Madison. It is housed at the Douglas County Health Department.

Kathy Kidd-Wuest, Parent Advocate
Madison, WI
Phone: 608-241-3074   
kathykiddwuest@msn.com


Wisconsin Family Ties
16 North Carroll Street
Suite 640
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-267-6888  Fax: 608-267-6801  Toll Free: 800-422-7145
info@wifamilyties.org
http://wifamilyties.org/
1-800 numbers, parents only please.

Diagnosis of FAS
 
Medical Genetics Institute
4555 W Schroeder Drive
Suite 180
Milwaukee, WI 55233
Phone: 414-357-6555  Fax: 414-357-9394  
Contact: Rafael Elejalde, M.D.
Provides prenatal diagnostic help and information on teratogens for patients and health professionals in southeastern Wisconsin.

University of Wisconsin - Clinical Genetics Center
Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-262-2507  
Contact: David Wargowski, M.D., Rich Pauli, M.D.
States served include Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa. David Wargowski, M.D. -- 608-243-8687

Other
 
FAS Surveillance Project - Wisconsin Center for Health Statistics
1 West Wilson, Room 172
Madison, WI 53702
Contact: Christine Cronk
crokce@dhfs.state.wi.us
Analyses birth records and other data to determine how prevalent in Wisconsin are fetal alcohol related disorders.

FASSNET
WI
Phone: 608-267-7283  
Contact: Sandra Mahkorn, MD, MPH, MS, Principal Investigator
mahkosa@dhfs.state.wi.us
www/wisc.edu/fasscreening/surveillance.htm
FASSNET activities are housed in the same department as the birth defects registry, but in different divisions. Christine Cronk, DSc., formerly the Principal Investigator of the Wisconsin FASSNet Project serves as lead for birth defects surveillance in Wisconsin.

FASSNET
WI
Phone: 608-266-8927  Fax: 608-261-6380  
Contact: Michael Soref, PhD, Project Manager
sorefmj@dhfs.state.wi.us
www/wisc.edu/fasscreening/surveillance.htm


Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy
16 N Carroll Street
Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-267-0214  Fax: 608-267-0368  
www.w-c-a.org
Protection and advocacy agency for persons with developmental disabilities.

Prevention Programs, including Treatment for Women
 
Department of Health and Family Services - Bureau of Mental Health Substance Abuse Services
P O Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707-7851
Phone: 608-266-2717  Fax: 608-266-1533  
www.dhfs.state.wi.us/substabuse
Can refer to treatment services for women with their children.

LaCrosse Regional Genetics Service - Teratogen Information Service
P O Box 1326
LaCrosse, WI 54602
Phone: 608-775-6681  Fax: 608-775-5951  
Contact: Ted Peck, M.D.
TIS provides information on teratogens and prenatal diagnosis for patients and health professionals in western Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa.

Pregnancy Exposure Service
Waisman Center
Madison, WI 53705-2280
Toll Free: 800-442-6692
Contact: Joanne Haun
www.waisman.wisc.edu/glargg/
This Wisconsin Teratogen Program provides information on teratogens for patients and health professionals throughout the U.S..

Treatment Services for Affected Individuals
 
Post Adoptive Resource Project - PARP
9444 W Mineral Point Road
Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
Phone: 608-437-3544  Fax: 608-437-4890  
Contact: Jeanne Zoromski, Parent and Coordinator
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4786
PARP serves all regions of Wisconson with information, and referrals for families of children with drug/alcohol-related birth disabilities. PARP can provide respite subsidies to adoptive families in southern Wisconsin who have children with special needs.

St. Croix Tribal Center - Health Clinic
24663 Angeline Avenue
Webster, WI 54893
Phone: 715-349-2195  
Primary health care; there is a substance abuse clinic on site.

Statewide Services
 
Wisconsin State FASD Coordinator
Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
1 West Wilson Street, Rm 433
Madison, WI 53707-7851
Phone: 608-267-7704  
Contact: Susan Gadacz
gadacse@dhfs.state.wi.us


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