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Marathon County reviews Family Keys housing pilot as budget talks loom

3671951 · June 4, 2025
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County officials reviewed preliminary outcomes from the Family Keys pilot — a two‑year, multi‑county effort to address housing instability as a way to reduce child removals — and were urged to consider sustainability during upcoming budget discussions.

Administrator Leonard briefed the Marathon County Health and Human Services Committee on the Family Keys pilot, saying Marathon County, La Crosse County and Wood County were selected by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to participate in the program.

The program, Leonard said, aims to address housing instability to reduce the length of out‑of‑home placements when unstable housing is the primary driver of child removal. “This is a pilot program that Marathon County along with, La Crosse County and Wood County were selected by the…

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