Family Partners Program

Family Partners Program

Partnering with families to guide decisions, education and services.

Your voice matters. The Family Partners Program gives parents, caregivers and patients a way to share their experiences. This helps us guide improvements in care, education and services for all families.

We’re always looking for Family Partners who work well with others and respect that everyone has a different story and background. We seek patient families who feel comfortable sharing parts of their health care journey to help drive positive change.

Family Partner opportunities are well planned and supported by our caring staff. These engagements can occur on a one-time or ongoing basis and can be either in person or virtual.

Get Involved

Want to share your story and become a Family Partner? Learn about opportunities below and get in touch — we’d love to hear from you.

Volunteer Opportunities

Committees and advisory group details:

  • Meeting type: Virtual or in person
  • Frequency: Monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly
  • Attendees: Families and Children’s Wisconsin staff
  • Focus: Clinic and service line improvement
  • Commitment: One to three years

Panel participants details:

  • Meeting type: Virtual or in person
  • Frequency: One-time engagement, plus prep time (one to three hours)
  • Attendees: Two to four families per panel and a staff facilitator
  • Focus: Specific topic (varies)

Focus group details:

  • Meeting type: Virtual or in person
  • Frequency: One-time engagement (one to two hours)
  • Attendees: Families and a staff facilitator (panel size varies)
  • Focus: Specific topic (varies)

Project teams and workgroup details:

  • Meeting type: Virtual or in person
  • Frequency: Varies based on topic
  • Attendees: Families and a staff facilitator (group size varies)
  • Focus: Specific topic (varies)

Speaking engagement details:

  • Meeting type: Virtual or in person
  • Frequency: One-time event or repeat events, plus prep time (one to two hours per event)
  • Focus: Specific topic (varies), and we choose speakers based on the topic

E-advisory details:

  • Engagement type: Provide feedback through a digital and anonymous platform
  • Frequency: Receive up to 24 surveys per year (less than five minutes each)
  • Commitment: Six surveys per year minimum
  • Focus: Care and service improvements

We welcome Family Partners to get involved on an as-needed basis. The time commitment and details of these engagements vary based on needs.

Steps To Become a Volunteer

We ask all virtual volunteers to complete these simple onboarding steps:

  • Interview
  • Background check
  • Virtual Children’s Wisconsin volunteer orientation
  • Virtual Family Partners Program orientation
  • Annual safety and HIPAA training

We ask all in-person volunteers to complete these simple onboarding steps:

  • Interview
  • Background check
  • Virtual Children’s Wisconsin volunteer orientation
  • Virtual Family Partners Program orientation
  • Proof of immunity for MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and varicella (chickenpox)
  • Proof of flu vaccination
  • QuantiFERON TB IGRA blood test
  • Annual safety and HIPAA training

We ask all e-advisory volunteers to sign a confidentiality agreement.