On April 20, 2007, the Department of Public Instruction received a complaint under state and federal special education law from XXXXX against the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS). This is the departmentÂ’s decision regarding that complaint. The issue is whether the DHFS properly determined special education and related services to be provided to students with disabilities following their transfer in 2007 to Northern Wisconsin Center (NWC) from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute Services for Mentally Impaired Children Program (SMIC).
