While many families are building towards stable futures, policy changes around Medicaid eligibility and coverage are creating new challenges for some households already navigating financial pressures and complex systems.

Like many staff at World Relief Wisconsin, Kelly Ropson grew up in a church which taught her to “Love My Neighbor.” As an adult, she has worked to unpack that value through studies at church and in a master’s degree program.

At World Relief Wisconsin, we celebrate the power of welcome. And we are excited to join the Chippewa Valley community for Welcoming Week Sept. 10-19.

After an EF-3 tornado tore through Wisconsin’s Fox Valley, refugee families faced renewed displacement and urgent needs. In the days that followed, churches, community partners and World Relief Wisconsin came together to provide practical support and temporary housing.