Lafayette County
ADRC
Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC): provides help to older people and people with disabilities. Iowa County is part of the ADRC of Southwest Wisconsin along with Green, Grant, and Lafayette Counties.
Address:
15701 County Rd K, Ste 2 (upper level) - Darlington, WI 53530
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Phone: 608-776-4960 Lafayette County
Phone: 800-514-0066 ADRC of Southwest Wisconsin
Child Protective Services
Lafayette County Human Services
Phone: 608-776-4800
Child Support Agency
Phone: 608-776-4843
Fax: 608-776-4869
Address:
626 Main Street – Darlington, WI 53530
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Childcare
Lafayette County Human Services: 608-776-4800
Child Care Finder: https://childcarefinder.wisconsin.gov/Search/Search.aspx
Childcare parent pay cards: 1-877-201-7601
Child Care Certification – 4’C’s- 608-271-9181
Clothing
Community Treasures Thrift Store:
608-930-8733
138 S Iowa Street- Dodgeville, WI
New Beginnings:
608-574-1138
201 S Linn Street – Dodgeville, WI
Salvation Army: 608-776-4870
United Way’s First Call for Help: 2-1-1
Crisis Services
Lafayette County Crisis Hotline: 888-552-6642
National Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255
Upland Hills Health: 608-930-8000
Southwest Health: 608-348-2331
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County: 608-776-4466
Mental Health Providers
Lafayette County Human Services: 608-776-4800
Platteville Family Resource Center: 608-348-4060
Community Connections Free Clinic: 608-930-2232
Family Advocates: 608-930-1636 or 608-778-9802
Dental
Fowler Dental Clinic- provides dental services to people throughout Green and Lafayette Counties (ages 1-15)
411 2nd Avenue – Monroe, WI 53566
Phone: 608-328-9404
Monday – Friday: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Elder Abuse Prevention
Lafayette County Human Services
Phone: 608-776-4960
Energy Assistance
Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP): provides assistance for heating costs, electric costs, and energy crisis situations.
Lafayette County Human Services
15701 County Rd K, Suite 3
Darlington, WI 53530
Application process:
Telephone: 608-776-4800
Online: https://energybenefit.wi.gov
Food Pantries
Argyle Lutheran Church (Argyle school district) – 1st and 3rd Thurs from 4-5:30 pm
Contact: Nancy 608-543-3451 or Diane 608-543-3321
Belmont Peace Lutheran Church (Belmont school district) – 2nd Tues from 5-6 pm
Contact: Rita 608-588-5445
Benton Bible Church (Benton school district) – Appt only
Contact: Kathy 608-759-6936 or Church 608-759-2001
Blanchardville Lutheran Church (Pecatonica school)– 1st and 3rd Sat, 10-11 am
Contact: Jean 608-967-2349
Shullsburg: Centenary United Methodist Church (Shullsburg school district)
3rd Thurs from 5-7 pm, Contact: Tina 608-354-5182
South Wayne Village Hall (Black Hawk school district) – 3rd Thu from 3-6 pm
Contact: Donna 608-214-5317
Lafayette County Food Pantry (county area) – Tue and Thu each week 10-3
Contact: 608-776-3500
Darlington Community of Churches (county area) – by appt
Contact: 608-776-3566 First Baptist Church
Second Harvest
https://www.secondharvestmadison.org/find-food/mobile-pantries
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
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
Open Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone: 608-930-2232 or 877-449-7422
Fax: 608-937-0024
Email: info@ccfcwi.org
FSET
FoodShare Employment and Training (FSET): assists people who get FoodShare to find a job through work activities and education and training.
Phone: 608-778-6325
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:
Lafayette County Health Department
729 Clay Street – Darlington, WI 53530
608-776-4895
Homeless Resources:
SWCAP – 149 N Iowa Street – Dodgeville, WI
Phone: 608-935-2326
Family Advocates – Platteville – 608-348-5995
Lutheran Church of Peace, Platteville – Contact 608-348-9057
United Way’s First Call for Help: 2-1-1
Housing
Lafayette County Housing Authority
729 Clay Street – Darlington, WI 53530
Phone: 608-776-4880
Fax: 608-776-4865
Kinship
Kinship Care is a program to help support a child who lives outside of his or her home with the relative.
Lafayette County Human Services
15701 County Rd K, Suite 3
Darlington, WI 53530
Phone: 608-776-4800
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
15701 County Rd K, Ste1
Darlington, WI 53530
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
Hours: 7:45 am – 4:30 pm (Monday – Friday)
Phone: 608-776-4544
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.
Lafayette County Sherriff’s Office
Phone: 608-776-4870
Social Security Admin
877-405-7841 – Lafayette County contact office (MTRF 9-4, W 9-12)
State Social Security- 800-362-3002
Suicide Prevention
Community Suicide Prevention Lafayette County: 608-776-4848
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: 877-798-5438
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Iowa County Aging & Disability Center
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: 608-776-4800
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
Lafayette County Veterans Service Office
627 Washington Street
Darlington, WI 53530
Phone: 608-776-4886
Office Hours: Monday- Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Vocational Rehabilitation -DVR
DVR: helps people with disabilities find a job, keep a job, or get a better job.
W-2 – Wisconsin Works
Wisconsin Works (W-2): provides employment preparation services, case management and cash assistance to eligible families.
W-2 Call Center
Phone: 855-733-1311
Fax: 608-741-3486
Benefits and Services with W-2
https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/files/publications/pdf/11890.pdf
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
Phone: 608-935-2326 ext. 204 or 800-704-8555
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
