La Causa

Children development and help - La Causa early education and childcare center cares for and educates children ages 4 weeks to 12 years of age by trained teachers, in a bilingual setting, and offers before and after school care, and summer programs. It is fully accredited by the national accreditation committee for early care and education and holds a five-star rating through Wisconsin youngstar. Nutritious meals and snacks, flexible payment arrangements, and family support services are also provided.

Social services - La Causa's social services staff is dedicated to providing a variety of high-quality, comprehensive services to support individuals in accomplishing their life goals and to empower them in their everyday lives. The programs provided by social services offer a bilingual, holistic approach towards counseling and therapy and include: 1) treatment foster care program: places and serves a distinct specialized group of foster children; 2) foster home recruitment and licensing program: recruits, licenses and trains foster parents for children with treatment and delinquency issues; 3) treatment services program: treats individuals, parents, children and families with aoda and mental health concerns; 4) recovery support coordination: provides coordination of treatment services as well as support services such as, transportation, child care, rent, clothing, etc., for individuals and their families with aoda needs; 5) wraparound programs: provides community-based services for children and their families experiencing mental health issues; 6) targeted case management: provides services to individuals with mental health issues; 7) comprehensive community services: provides a team approach to an array of recovery, treatment and psychological rehabilitation services that assist individuals in utilizing community and natural supports to address their needs; 8) ccs youth: a voluntary program that provides support and services to youth and their families coping with mental health, substance use or co-occurring needs toward improving health, wellness and the pursuit of their individual goals; 9) core program: a vountary program that provides support to youth and young adults who have experienced their first episode of psychosis. It consists of a team of providers who provide services that include therapy, care coordination, employment support and peer support.

Education - the mission of La Causa charter school is to provide innovative, foundational, bilingual academic programs, including the visual and performing arts in a safe and stimulating environment, while creating opportunities for the entire family to be engaged in their children's educational experience. The k4-8th grade english and spanish curriculum features language arts, reading, computers, science, music, art, robotics and physical education specialists. Nutritious meals and snacks, parent education, and family support services are also provided.

Other - the crisis nursery & respite center: provides respite/ crisis care in a licensed center with a home-style setting. Parents may shelter their children at the crisis nursery and respite center for up to 72 hours, assisting the parent to attend vital meetings, appointments, group sessions, re-establish support networks with family members and friends, or simply rest, reducing high and, at times, dangerous stress levels. Striving to strengthen and keep families together, staff members work with each family to help them through the immediate crisis, assess the family's needs and make referrals to other programs and resources.