Grant County
ADRC
Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC): provides help to older people and people with disabilities. Grant County is part of the ADRC of Southwest Wisconsin along with Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties.
Address:
8820 Hwy 35-61, PO Box 383 - Lancaster, WI 53813
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Phone: 608-723-6113 Grant County
Phone: 800-514-0066 ADRC of Southwest Wisconsin
Child Protective Services
Grant County Department of Social Services
Phone: 608-723-2136
Child Support Agency
Phone: 608-723-4823
Fax: 608-723-2429
Address:
130 W Maple St. – Lancaster, WI 53813
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Childcare
Iowa County Department of Social Services: 608-723-2136
Child Care Finder: https://childcarefinder.wisconsin.gov/Search/Search.aspx
Childcare parent pay cards: 1-877-201-7601
Child Care Certification – Grant County Social Services 608-723-2136
Clothing
Goodwill:
608-348-5490
2001 Progressive Parkway – Platteville, WI 53818
Grant County Thrift Shop:
608-723-4681
208 E Maple St. – Lancaster, WI 53813
Salvation Army: 608-723-2136
United Way’s First Call for Help: 2-1-1
Crisis Services
24 Hour Mental Health Crisis Line (Unified): 800-362-5717
National Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255
Family Advocates Hotline (domestic violence/sexual assault) 1-800-924-2624
Southwest Health: 608-348-2331
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County: 608-776-4466
Mental Health Providers
Unified Community Services: 608-935-2776
Platteville Family Resource Center: 608-348-4060
Community Connections Free Clinic: 608-930-2232
Family Advocates: 608-930-1636 or 608-778-9802
Dental
Access Dental Clinic- provides dental services to people throughout Iowa, Richland, Sauk, Grant and western Dane counties.
Dodgeville Dental Clinic
103 E Fountain Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
Monday – Friday: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
To schedule an appointment: 608-935-5550
Elder Abuse Prevention
Grant County Department of Social Services
Phone: 608-723-2136
Energy Assistance
Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP): provides assistance for heating costs, electric costs, and energy crisis situations.
Grant County Department of Social Services
8820 Hwy 35-61 South
Lancaster, WI 53813
Application process:
Telephone: 608-723-2136
Online: https://energybenefit.wi.gov
Food Pantries
Food Pantries – Grant County
https://www.dropbox.com/s/td2uu2k31anj4we/Grant%20Food%20Pantries.pdf?dl=0
Second Harvest
https://www.secondharvestmadison.org/find-food/mobile-pantries
Ruby’s Pantry: 1st Thursday of every month.
Platteville United Methodist Church
1065 Lancaster St. – Platteville, WI 53813
608-732-1574
United Way’s First Call for Help: 2-1-1
Fraud
All Fraud/Overpayment referrals are completed in the Benefit Recovery Investigation Tracking System (BRITS).
Fraud Tip Hotline- Office of the Inspector General (OIG):
1-877-865-3432
Wisconsin Shares Child Care, W-2, Adoption Assistance, Kinship Care and Refugee Services: 1-877-302-3728
Medicaid, BadgerCare Plus, WIC or FoodShare Program:
1-877-865-3432
Unemployment Insurance (UC): 1-800-909-9472
Free Clinics
Clarity Clinic
185 E Pine St. – Platteville, WI 53818
608-348-5787
Boscobel: In Health Community Wellness Clinic
109 ½ Bluff St. – Boscobel, WI 83805
608-375-4324
Community Connections Free Clinic: provides basic health care for those who cannot afford or access medical services in Iowa County and surrounding areas.
101 E Fountain Street - Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: 608-930-2232 or 877-449-7422
FSET
FoodShare Employment and Training (FSET): assists people who get FoodShare to find a job through work activities and education and training.
Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Employment & Training Specialist – FSET Program
608-314-3300 x 351
608-290-2589
Head Start
Head Start & Early Head Start: provides expectant parents and families with children ages birth through five, opportunities for: child development education; health and nutrition services; parent and program partnerships; and family support, resource and referral.
SWCAP
212 E Chapel Street – Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: 608-935-3379 or 800-494-8899
Health Department
Grant County Health Department
608-723-6416
http://www.co.grant.wi.gov/docs_by_cat_type.asp?doccatid=110&locid=147
Homeless Resources
SWCAP
149 N Iowa Street – Dodgeville, WI
Phone: 608-935-2326
Salvation Army: 608-723-2136
United Way’s First Call for Help: 2-1-1
Housing
Housing Choice Voucher Program
Allegiant Property Management, LLC
412 3rd Street South
LaCrescent, MN 55947
Phone: 888-393-3282 ext. 205
608-790-9225
DAK Management: 608-822-7368
Kinship
Kinship Care is a program to help support a child who lives outside of his or her home with the relative.
Grant County Department of Social Services
8820 Hwy 35-61 South
Lancaster, WI 53813
Phone: 608-723-2136
Legal Action
Legal Action of Wisconsin: provides legal advice or services that help low-income people get and keep government benefits.
Brochure: https://www.legalaction.org/data/cms/Firm-wide-flyer-8-5x11-ENGLISH-062018.pdf
Phone: 608-256-3304
General email: law@legalaction.org
Probation and Parole
Probation and Parole Office
11225 West Alona Ln.
Lancaster, WI 53813
Phone: 608-723-6332
Safe at Home Program
Safe at Home: provides victims of actual or threatened domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, stalking, and trafficking, or those who simply fear for their physical safety with a legal substitute address to be used for both public and private purposes.
Phone: 608-266-6613
https://www.doj.state.wi.us/ocvs/safe-home
Safelink Wireless
Safelink Wireless: provides income eligible households with a free phone.
Phone: 1-800-723-3546
Salvation Army
Salvation Army: may assistance customer with shelter, heat and utilities, food, medical, transportation and other benefits one time per year up to $300.00.
Grant County Department of Social Services
8820 Hwy 35-61 South, Lancaster, WI 53533
Grant County: 608-723-2136
Social Security Admin
866-772-1213 – Grant County contact office
State Social Security- 800-362-3002
Suicide Prevention
Unified Community Services: 608-723-6357
National Alliance on Mental Illness: 608-485-3719
Grant County Suicide Hotline: 800-362-5717
National Suicide Prevention 24/7 Hotline: 800-273-8255
Tax Intercept & Overpayment Questions
Public Assistance Collection Unit (PACU)
800-943-9499
Transportation Services
Medical Transportation Management: (MTM): provides non-emergency medical transportation services for Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus members.
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Public Transportation
- Ambulatory Vehicles
- Wheelchair or Stretcher vehicles
Monday – Friday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
Request a ride: 866-907-1493
Schedule a ride online:
https://www.mtm-inc.net/wisconsin/members/
Where’s My Ride: - 866-907-1494
Complaint with MTM
“WeCare” line – 866-436-0457
Leadership through Innovative Flexible Transportation (LIFT) Transportation Service – SWCAP: facilitates access to available transportation services, minimizes duplication of those services, and seeks cost-effective transport utilizing available resources.
Phone 1-877-798-5438
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Grant County Aging & Disability Center: 608-723-6113 or 800-514-0066
Platteville Taxi: 608-348-6767
Open: Sunday 7AM – 1PM; Monday – Saturday 6AM – 10PM
Veteran’s Service: 563-652-4110
Volunteer Driver Program: The ADRC has a volunteer driver program available to Iowa County residents age 60 and over or people with disabilities to transport people to non-emergency medical appointments.
Phone: 608-930-9835
Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits: Customers who become unemployed or partially unemployed may apply for unemployment benefits online.
https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/
Phone: 608-232-0678
Veterans Service
Grant County Wisconsin Veterans Service Office
111 S. Jefferson St.
Lancaster, WI 53813
Phone: 608-723-2756
Office Hours: Monday- Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Provides Advice and Assistance to Veterans and their Families on State and Federal Veteran's Benefits to include: Registration of Discharge, Claims, Veteran's Life Insurance, Loans, Grant, Education Assistance, VA Health Care, Pension, Burial Allowance, and Gravestone markers.
Vocational Rehabilitation -DVR
DVR: helps people with disabilities find a job, keep a job, or get a better job.
To apply for DVR services, the applicant or referring person must complete a referral.
https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/referral/
W-2 – Wisconsin Works
Wisconsin Works (W-2): provides employment preparation services, case management and cash assistance to eligible families.
Forward Service Corporation
Amanda Lewis– W2 Case Manager/FEP
303 W Chapel Street – Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: 608-319-2135
Fax: 608-515-5344
Benefits and Services with W-2
https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/publications/pdf/11890.pdf
W-2 Call Center
608-855-733-1311
Emergency Assistance (EA): provides financial aid that can help pay unpaid rent or mortgage, pay energy bills, or transitional housing to find a home and/or for security deposits.
ACCESS: http://access.wisconsin.gov/access/
800-771-8420
Job Access Loans (JAL): provides a loan for families with child(ren) that must be used to address an immediate financial crisis.
WIC
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): provides nutrition education, breast feeding education and support, supplemental nutritious foods, and connections to other community services.
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wic/index.htm
Grant County WIC: 608-723-6416
Women’s Health
Wisconsin Well Woman Program (WWWP): provides screening for breast and cervical cancer to low income, uninsured and underinsured women.
- NOTE: No U.S. citizenship requirement.
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wwwp/index.htm
