Tara has over 13 years in the social work field. For the last 7 years, she has been working in Dane county through the Medicaid waiver program for adults with disabilities. She has her undergraduate degree in Social Work from UW-Milwaukee, with a minor in Sociology and Women's Studies. Tara is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Social Work from Capella University.
As a certified CCS provider, Tara provides service facilitation, individual skills development and enhancement, and psychoeducation. Tara has experience working with victims of assault and adults with disabilities. Tara has worked with adults with mental health needs as a secondary focus. Seeing the lack of supports for those with mental health needs, Tara became interested in helping be part of the solution to reach others for services and supports. Tara works with individuals, using person centered planning to ensure that each person has an individual plan to help create success.