History & Background
Carol Richards (Executive Director) started working in the SDS program in 1999, when she was hired by United Cerebral Palsy as the SDS program accountant. At that time, the program had 20-30 participants. Carol developed all of the policies and procedures for the administration of the program and has been involved continually since then. In the spring of 2000, both United Cerebral Palsy and Dane County Human Services felt that it was a conflict of interest for UCP to continue to administer the SDS accounting program, as they also employ community support brokers who work with the SDS program directly. Carol’s commitment to the program was strong, so she founded Fiscal Assistance of Dane County, Inc. to continue the service.

Kathy Hennek joined the agency in November of 2002. Kelly Kenyon and Barb Daane came on board in April 2005.

Today, Fiscal Assistance provides SDS fiscal management to over 1100 participants. Along with SDS fiscal management services, we have branched out into other administrative areas. We also provide Social Security representative payee services to people who live in adult family homes in the community, Social Security representative payee services to private individuals, and Employer Agent services that are designed to empower people with disabilities to employ the caregivers of their choice.

Areas of Expertise
Our area of expertise is the ability to provide detailed accounting information both on a summary level and the consumer level. It is a challenge to keep up with an ever-changing human service system and to tweak standard accounting software to meet the needs of the people and the system.


For more information on F.A.'s programs and services, please feel free to contact us today!