Wellness... Your Choice Milwaukee

Wellness...Your Choice Milwaukee

The City of Milwaukee is committed to supporting the health, wellness, and safety of its employees and their families. The City’s Wellness program includes a wide range of programs, services, and resources, including an on-site wellness center, traveling wellness center sites, year-round coaching, access to registered dieticians, educational sessions, group fitness classes, department-specific initiatives, and on-site Workplace Clinic and Injury Prevention Clinic.

The City's goal is to establish a workplace culture that enhances employees' lives and provides all the tools necessary to meet them wherever they are on their road to good health, ensuring they are well at work, well at home, and well into retirement.

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Benefits and Wellness Updates via Text Message

Sign up to receive City benefits and wellness updates via text message by answering a few short questions. Both employees and spouses are eligible to register. This service is completely voluntary and employees and spouses can unsubscribe at any time. No replies can be sent through this service.

WellWaukee Newsletter

The June 2026 issue of WellWaukee Newsletter is now available! Take a moment to read about available resources, programs, and services dedicated to the health and well-being of employees and their families.

Check out the latest issue for information on:

Men's Mental Health
Key Health Benchmarks
Ages 50+ Priority Screenings
Deferred Compensation News
Safety Tip of the Month

Workplace Clinic Highlight - Online Scheduling and Virtual Visits

Did you know that you can schedule a virtual visit with the City of Milwaukee Workplace Clinic through MyChart? MyChart is a secure digital connection that you can enroll in online or through the Froedtert & MCW app. Some of the conditions that can be treated are:

Acne
Allergies
Cold and flu symptoms
Cold sores
Musculoskeletal aches and strains
Nausea and vomiting
Sinus infections

Visit the link to learn more and schedule your appointment today.

The clinic is free for City employees and their spouses, regardless of their health plan enrollment. Dependents (18 months and older) enrolled in the City's UHC health plan are also eligible to use the clinic at no cost.

To schedule an appointment:

• Call the Workplace Clinic at 414-777-3413

• Visit my.froedtert.com

• Use the Froedtert & MCW app to schedule online if you are an established patient.

Programs
Healthy Rewards
Clinics
Nurse Liaison
EAP
Financial Health
Resources
Popular Links

Current Wellness Programming

Wellness programming is offered throughout the year including lunch 'n learns, fitness classes, financial wellness, coaching with health educators and registered dietitians, behavioral health and stress management.

Wellness Coaching

Coaching with Health Educators to address:

Resiliency and stress management tools, helpful sleep practices, time management skills, and findng positivity and gratitude during difficult times.

Registered Dietitian Coaching to address:

Meal planning tips, how to create balanced meals, tips for cooking at home, cooking on a budget, and finding nutritional resources.

To schedule a telephonic appointment with a Health Educator or Registered Dietitian, visit Work Force Health and locate the "Healthy Rewards Program" heading. Click on "schedule onsite health & wellness programs." Questions: call 414-777-3410.

Wellness Coaching Consent Form

How to Upload a Coaching Consent Form to the Wellness Portal

Healthy Rewards Program

Healthy Rewards is an incentive based program where participants complete 75, 100, or 125 points and earn $150, $250 or $350 in a Health Reimbursement Account. Employees and spouses must complete the Health Appraisal to be eligible to participate in the Healthy Rewards program.

Watch this short video to learn more about the Healthy Rewards program.

Healthy Rewards Basics:

2025-2026 City of Milwaukee Wellness Program

Miscellaneous Healthy Rewards Resources:

Clinic Services

Workplace Clinic

The Workplace Clinic provides free, convenient, onsite and virtual health care services for employees and spouses regardless of enrollment in the City's health insurance. Dependents (18 months and older) enrolled in the City's UHC health plan are also eligible to use the clinic at no cost. Call 414-777-3413 to schedule an in-person or virtual visit.

Injury Prevention Clinic

The Injury Prevention Clinic offers preventive care measures to address new strains, muscle and joint issues before they become more serious. The clinic also provides assistance with optimizing the ergonomics of office and home workstations, pain management education, exercise instruction, injury prevention tips, recommendations for self-management of symptoms, education on correct posture and body mechanics to perform tasks safely. This is FREE to City employees and spouses regardless of insurance coverage. Call 414-777-3413 to schedule an appointment.

If employees are currently or have previously been treated by a provider for a condition, the clinic cannot see them for the same condition.

Injury Prevention Clinic Virtual Visits

Froedtert FastCare Clinics

City employees, spouses and dependents (18 months and older) enrolled in the City's UnitedHealthcare health plan are eligible to use the six Froedtert FastCare clinics at no cost by showing their City of Milwaukee UHC health insurance card.

Froedtert FastCare Clinic Services and Locations

UnitedHealthcare Nurse Liaison

An onsite nurse liaison is available to help members understand information and follow-up steps from doctor appointments, provide support with a chronic medical condition like diabetes, hypertension and asthma; find the right type of care, assist with medical and pharmacy claims issues and address questions or issues regarding care or treatment. The nurse liaison is available to meet with employees and spouses. To schedule an appointment call 240-549-9879 or email [email protected]. See below for more information and links to the monthly schedules.

Nurse Liaison Services include:

Improve understanding of health and medical conditions and discuss treatment options
Assist with medical and pharmacy claim questions and issues
Provide group educational sessions and programs to employees. Check the programs tab for the upcoming schedule for programs and education sessions.
Monthly support and disease management groups
Help with chronic condition management such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart disease
Educate and refer employees to available health and wellness program services
Navigate UnitedHealthcare’s tools and resources including finding primary care physicians and specialists.

Onsite Nurse Liaison Overview

June Onsite Nurse Liaison Calendar

Onsite Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The City of Milwaukee offers an onsite EAP program that offers confidential counseling, assessment and referral services for employees and families when they need help navigating resources for any situation affecting their life.

Mental Health Awareness and Resources

Contact the Onsite EAP Coordinator at 414-286-3145 to address:

Anxiety
Stress Symptoms
Parenting/family or marital problems
Alcohol/substance misuse
Legal or debt/financial resources

Needs assessment with appropriate referral:

Ongoing counseling/treatment
City of Milwaukee benefits/programs
Community resources

EAP Newsletter:

EAP Webinar Library

Did you miss a webinar? Click the button to watch!

UnitedHealthcare EAP

UnitedHealthcare (UHC) insured members can utilize the UHC EAP at 888-887-4114 24/7 for referrals to behavioral health providers, legal and financial resources.

Virtual behavioral health visits are also an option for UHC covered members. Click here for a flyer with additional information.

Go to www.myuhc.com and log in with member HealthSafeID, click on “Find a Doctor” and then “Mental Health” to start the process.

How to Access UHC EAP Services

Financial Wellness

The City of Milwaukee Deferred Compensation Plan allows employees to put aside funds from each paycheck to save for retirement on a voluntary basis. Questions: 844-360-MDCP (844-360-6327) or [email protected].

Deferred Compensation Website

Financial Wellness Services Available:

Telephone appointments with local Voya representatives
Schedule an appointment online (Employees/Spouses receive 10 Healthy Rewards points for these meetings.)
Virtual financial wellness seminars (Employees/Spouses receive 5 Healthy Rewards points for each successfully completed seminar.)

Other Wellness Resources

See below for additional wellness resources ranging from fitness center information, healthy recipes and locations for nursing mothers.

UnitedHealthcare Resources

The City's healthcare partner, UnitedHealthcare offers a number of resources to help employees get the most out of their health benefits. More UHC resources are available on www.milwaukee.gov/benefits.

Wellwaukee Newsletters

Wellwaukee is a quarterly newsletter that provides the latest information on the City's benefits and wellness programs to help keep employees informed on the resources available to be well at work, well at home and well into retirement.