Joint Project of the Child Court Improvement Initiative &

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Children's Justice Act

The objective of the Confidentiality Project is to clarify confidentiality provisions in Wisconsin statutes, regulations, and practices to improve interagency collaboration when working with children and families in the court system. Confidentiality issues relating to the children in need of protection or services (CHIPS) system are the primary focus of the project.

On October 1, 1999, the first meeting of a multi-disciplinary advisory board was held in Madison. Since then, statutory analysis and a practice issues working groups of the committee have compiled and analyzed information relating to information and records release. An Executive Summary of Phase I of the project was completed in June 2004. Phase II of the project, which includes the development of a guidebook for professionals and a brochure for clients, was completed in February 2006.

The following documents are in Adobe PDF format :

Executive summary

Guide to Confidentiality Laws Applicable to CHIPS Proceedings

Privacy Rights In Child Abuse and Neglect Cases

Advisory board members

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