Our Partners

​​We bring people and organizations together from across our state who are passionate about children's mental health to work in partnership. See a list of our partners and what they have to say about OCMH.  ​​​


Partner Quotes

OCMH Leading Change in...Partners Quoted

Youth Mental Health Awareness & Data with Fact Sheets

  • Pablo Navarro, Navarro Professional Counseling Services
  • Kathy Markeland, Executive Director – Wisconsin Association of Family & Children Associations

Collective Impact & Normalizing Children's Mental Health


  • Michelle Buehl, Program Coordinator – Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Corrections
  • Phyllis Greenberger, Lead Advocacy Specialist – Disability Rights Wisconsin

Youth Voice & Youth Leadership

  • Rob Kaminski, OCMH Lived Experience Partner
  • Todd Campbell, Division Administrator, Behavioral Health Division – Dane County Department of Human Services
  • Kathi Cauley, Ring of Life, LLC and Former Director – Jefferson County Department of Human Services

Lived Experience & Normalizing Mental Health

  • Leah Jepson, Project Director – Mental Health America
  • Paula Buege, Prior OCMH Lived Experience Partner

Data Leading Change


  • Kevin Moore, CEO – UnitedHealthCare Community Plan of Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  • Amy Herbst, Vice President, Mental and Behavioral Health – Children's Wisconsin

Bringing People Together & Maintaining a Steady Focus


  • Jane Penner-Hoppe, Senior Policy Advisor – Department of Children and Families
  • Monica Caldwell, Consultant and Prior Comprehensive School Mental Health Consultant at the Department of Public Instruction

Bringing People Together & Advancing Trauma-Informed Care

  • Charlene Mouillie, Executive Director – United Way Wisconsin
  • Abbi Hicks, prior OCMH Lived Experience Partner
  • Ricky Ferrari Traner, Prevention and Early Intervention Section Manager – Department of Children and Families

Building Connections & Collective Impact

  • Lana Shklyar Nenide, Executive Director – Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health
  • Rebecca Murray, Executive Director – Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board​



“OCMH was a game changer in how those working in mental health came together and involved people with lived experience in the discussion." 

Leah Jepson, Project Director – Mental Health America of Wisconsin



“OCMH has equipped my team with information to disrupt thinking about children's mental health. It's changing how leaders think and, subsequently, their behavior which is having an effect on Systems." 

​Amy Herbst, Vice President, Mental and Behavioral Health – Children's Wisconsin



Organizations Partnering in our Work​

The Office of Children's Mental Health does our work in partnership with individuals from over 85 organizations and groups throughout Wisconsin. The common denominator is a passion for children’s mental health. Representatives from these organizations are on our councils and work teams and are thought partners with us. We value each of these partnerships and simply could not do the work we are able to do without them! Below is a list in alphabetical order of our partner organizations.


Achieve Brown County

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Wisconsin ​Chapter

Better Together - La Crosse County​

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County

Blackbird Psychotherapy

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley​

Brown County Human Services

Brown County United Way

Catalpa Health

Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Board

Childcaring

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs - Southern Regional Center

Children's Wisconsin

City of Madison - Child Care Unit

Connect Strength

Culturally Rooted​

Dane County Department of Human Services

Department of Children and Families

Department of Corrections -  Division of Juvenile Corrections

Department of Health Services

Department of Justice - Office of School Safety

Department of Public Instruction

Disability Rights Wisconsin

Division of Extension - University of Wisconsin

End Abuse Wisconsin

Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin​

FAST - Families and Schools Together 

Families First of Monroe County

Forest County Potawatomi 

Foundations Health & Wholeness

Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center

Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation 

Green Lake County

Gundersen Health Systems

Jefferson County Human Services

Journey Mental Health Center

Kids Forward​

La Crosse County Human Services

La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium

La Crosse YMCA

Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government

Lakeland School Consortium​

Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan

Marshfield Clinic Health Systems​

Medical College of Wisconsin

Mental Health America - Lakeshore 

Mental Health America - Wisconsin

Mental Health Matters - Chippewa Valley

Milwaukee Coalition for Children's Mental Health

Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention

NAMI Wisconsin​

Oneida Nation of Wisconsin

Orion Family Services

Outagamie County Sheriff's Office

Penfield Children's Center

Prevention, Resilience & Counseling

Racine Collaborative for Children's Mental Health

RISE Wisconsin​

Rogers Behavioral Health

School District of Bayfield 

School of Medicine & Public Health - UW Madison

Sebastian Family Psychology Practice

Seein' is Believin

Stockbridge-Munsee

STRYV365

Supporting Families Together Association

The Friendship Circle

The Growing Tree

The Human Service Center

The Institute for Child and Family Well-Being

United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Counties​

United Way Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Valley Birch, LLC​

Vernon County Department of Human Services

Waukesha County Department of Health and Human Services

WEA Member Benefits

Whole Hearted Wellness, LLC

Winnebago County Health Department

Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health

Wisconsin Association of Families and Childrens Agencies

Wisconsin Association of School Boards​

Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics 

Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System - UW-Milwaukee

Wisconsin Early Childhood Association

Wisconsin Economic Development Corp, Office of Rural Prosperity​

Wisconsin Head Start Association

Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools

Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Associations

Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation

Youth Justice Milwaukee​


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We are grateful for all of our partners who share t​heir time and expertise to improve children's mental health in Wisconsin. We welcome organizations and advocates to join this effort for increased collaboration and coordination. For more information about the Children's Mental Health Network, please contact us at OCMH@wisconsin.gov.







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