Alphabetical Listing
Information Resources
Alliance for Wisconsin Youth 
The Alliance for Wisconsin Youth brings together coalitions, individuals, and resources to prevent substance abuse and related behavioral health concerns affecting young people, and to promote positive youth development. The Alliance’s mission is to enhance and support the capacity of local Alliances (member coalitions) in their prevention and youth development work. Over 100 local coalitions are members of the Alliance.
http://www.allianceforwisconsinyouth.org/
Asha Family Services, Inc 
Asha Family Services, Inc. is a comprehensive family violence intervention and prevention agency located in Milwaukee, WI. Asha, the first and only recognized culturally-specific family violence intervention and prevention program in Wisconsin, employs methods specific to African American families. Asha (a Swahili and Indian word meaning “Life” and “Hope”) is a private, nonprofit, spiritually-based agency. Asha is also a state-licensed outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment clinic. Asha employs a holistic family approach and through collaborative efforts strives to provide effective, comprehensive family violence, mental health, HIV/AIDS education and counseling and substance abuse intervention and prevention.
(414) 875-1511
http://www.ashafamilyservices.com/
Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin 
The mission of the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, Inc. is to improve the health status of African Americans in the state of Wisconsin and to insure equitable and comprehensive health for all people.
Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin
3020 W. Vliet Street
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Phone: (414) 933-0064
http://www.bhcw.org/
Call-for-Action Booklet 
This directory lists alphabetically various City services, specific problems, and the main phone numbers of City departments. You will also find frequently called County, State, and Federal offices, Hotline numbers, and Other Important numbers. Whenever possible, links to relevant governmental web pages are included. Click on a letter or word below to go to the desired section of this directory. All area codes are (414) unless otherwise indicated.
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/CallForAction
Center for Veterans Issues 
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd. (CVI) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit veteran’s administration and management organization. CVI supports the concerns of all veterans by providing information, resources, identification of funding, technical assistance and organizational development to veteran service organizations. CVI also provides transitional housing to homeless
veterans, while offering many services to help veterans transition back into the community.
3312 W. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208
(414) 345-3917
http://cvivet.org/
Citizen Academy
The Milwaukee Police Citizen Academy is a ten-week program designed to provide citizens with a working knowledge of the Milwaukee Police Department. It consists of a series of classes held once a week for three hours. The 30-hour block of instruction will include classroom academics and practical applications in law, police procedure, defense and arrest tactics, firearms training and state of art
technology used to combat crime. Tours of various police facilities and demonstrations of equipment will also be conducted. Attendees may participate in a ride-along with officers. This program will provide citizens an opportunity to ask questions about police services and to express their concerns about quality of life issues. Upon conclusion, citizens completing 80% of the course will participate in a graduation ceremony.
Milwaukee Police Department--Community Services Division
414-935-7905
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/CitizensAcademy6486.htm
Community Development Grant Administration (CDGA) 
The CDGA office works collaboratively with non-profit groups, government agencies, and public/private coalitions to coordinate activity that increases home ownership and property values, reduces crime, and promotes greater employment and business activity.
City of Milwaukee – Department of Administration
200 East Wells Street, Room 606, Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 286-3647
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/CommunityDevelopment310.htm
Computer Training 
Throughout the year, the Milwaukee Public Library offers a series of free two-hour classes covering the basics of computers, including computer basics, word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, email, and internet searching are offered at every library. These classes provide instruction to those citizens who finished formal schooling before computers were widely available, and to those for whom computers are too expensive and who have subsequently had no experience using them.
Milwaukee Public Library
814 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53233 (414) 286-3000
http://www.mpl.org/file/computer_classes.htm
Drop-In Labs for Jobseekers 
The Milwaukee Public Library offers FREE open workshops held weekly for jobseekers to get one-on-one help with resume, job applications, email and job searches.
Milwaukee Public Library
814 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53233 (414) 286-3000
http://www.mpl.org/file/jobs_index.htm#Jobs
Elder Safe Program
Outreach program for elderly that apprises them of the services offered by the Milwaukee Fire Department and other agencies (i.e. home safety, evacuation). The Elder Safe Program is designed for assisted and independent care facilities, religious groups and organizations whose focus is on education and safety of older adults. Lasting from 30 to 60 minutes, the presentation covers seasonal safety concerns, safe cooking, heating and living
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/CommunityRelations.htm
Fighting Back, Inc.
To develop effective, measureable strategies to counter alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse (ATODA) in Milwaukee County. As a community leader, Fighting Back, Inc. aims to reduce substance abuse and provide drug-, tobacco- and alcohol-free lifestyle options for youth in Milwaukee.
1300 N. Jackson Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 270-2880 Main
http://fbimilwaukee.com/
Islamic Society of Milwaukee
The Islamic Society is the largest Islamic organization in Wisconsin and serves about 10,000 Muslims in the southeastern Wisconsin area. It was originally incorporated as the Islamic Association of Greater Milwaukee in 1976 and was reincorporated as the Islamic Foundation of Greater Milwaukee, Inc. in 1980. The organization has done business as the Islamic Society of Milwaukee since 1986. The organization is a non-profit religious organization.
Islamic Society of Milwaukee
4707 South 13th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53221
(414) 282-1812
http://www.ismonline.org/Center.htm
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
The Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation will provide funds to initiate and sustain projects in the Greater Milwaukee community. The Foundation will focus on programs and projects that serve low-income and disadvantaged individuals, women, children and the elderly. The Foundation will support charitable organizations that address these concerns through arts and culture, community and social development, education and health.
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
600 East Mason Street, 4th Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 227-1290
http://www.jbpf.org/index.html
La Causa 
Where stable communities and healthy families have the resources and opportunities to maximize personal development and self-sufficiency. MISSION To provide children, youth and families with quality, comprehensive services to nurture healthy family life and enhance community stability.
La Causa
1212 S. 70th St. Suite 115A
Milwaukee, WI, 53214
(414) 902-1500
http://lacausa.org/home
Landlord Training Program 
The award winning landlord training program operates out of DNS's downtown office. The goal is to teach landlords fundamental ways to keep illegal activity out of their property. The classes are FREE and held on a regular basis through out the year at various locations. Attendees get a free 100 page comprehensive manual and handouts on a variety of legal and business issues related to managing a property.
- Educating Spanish speaking landlords
- Providing visually impaired landlords with large print materials
- Student Based Housing (Collaboration with UW-Milwaukee Housing Office to present a program emphasizing the issues of renting to a student.)
- Special “In-Depth” program topics
Department of Neighborhood Services--Landlord Training Program (LTP)
841 N. Broadway Room 105
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 286-2954
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/Landlordtraining
Lao Family Community Inc. 
Lao Family is a Mutual Assistance Association (M.A.A.) founded to help Southeast Asian refugees as they come to the United States. They provide service through numerous programs such as: Job Training and Placement; Education; E.S.L and Drivers Education; Citizenship Translation and Interpretation; and Youth Programming.
Lao Family Community Inc.
2331 West Vieau Place
Milwaukee, WI 53204
(414) 385-3380
http://www.nyobzoo.com/lao_family.htm
Latino Community Center
Latino Community Center offers programming in the following areas: after school academic enrichment, gang and violence diversion, recreation, youth development, prevention programming, street outreach, summer programming, and healthy girls, Programs run not only at the Center, but also at six public schools as well as in the streets. Programming is based on best practices in the field of positive youth development to ensure effectiveness. Structured and unstructured, bilingual and bicultural opportunities reach a wide variety of at-risk youth in the area, including gang members, young girls, out-of-school youth and teenaged males.
Latino Community Center
807 South 14th Street
Milwaukee WI, 53204
Phone 414-384-8140
http://latinocommunitycenter.org/
Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
Ever changing in response to changing challenges, Milwaukee Area Technical College is the bridge to a better future for our graduates and their employers. Over the course of our history, through pragmatic teaching and learning, we have played a rich and varied part in the growth of greater Milwaukee. MATC has been providing skilled workers for the local economy since 1912. Our junior-college division was founded in the mid 1930s at the height of the Great Depression. We were there when you needed us, we are here for you now, and we will be here for you tomorrow, building an inclusive prosperity.
MATC--700 West State Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
http://matc.edu/
African American Affairs Office
http://matc.edu/student/resources/affairs-AfricanAmerican.html
American Indian Student Services Office
http://matc.edu/student/resources/affairs-AmericanIndian.html
Asian Affairs Office
http://matc.edu/student/resources/affairs-Asian.html
Hispanic Affairs Office
http://matc.edu/student/resources/affairs-Hispanic.html
International Student Affairs
http://matc.edu/student/international.html
Milwaukee Bar Association
Provides the Lawyer and Information Service, in collaboration with the Waukesha County Bar Association, to provide free referrals to attorneys dealing with equal / civil rights issues
424 E Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 274-6768
www.milwbar.org/legalresources/lris.htm
Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program
The City of Milwaukee is partnering with Marquette University Law School in the Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program – a program designed to help homeowners save their homes from foreclosure. Mediation is a confidential and voluntary process where a homeowner and the lender seeking to foreclose on your home may discuss ways to resolve a foreclosure case, including reinstatement of the loan and modification of the loan terms.
For more information, call (414) 288-4040, or visit
law.marquette.edu/foreclosure
Milwaukee Foreclosure Partnership Initiative
The charge of the MFPI was to build on the work that was already underway in the community to carry out a coordinated strategy to assist homeowners at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure, stabilize neighborhoods affected by increasing numbers of vacant foreclosed homes and prevent similar issues from developing in the future.
City of Milwaukee Department of City Development (DCD)
809 North Broadway Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-286-5610
http://milwaukeehousinghelp.org/
Rosalie Manor Community and Family Services
Rosalie Manor is a non-profit service agency. Under the sponsorship of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and in close association with area schools, churches and neighborhoods, the organization is successfully addressing a number of critical family issues in our community. Rosalie Manor is recognized as a national leader in the fields of pregnancy prevention and the promotion of responsible, positive parenting and healthy marriages. Our mission statement: Strengthening Milwaukee families by empowering parents to be nurturing and by guiding youth toward positive futures.
Rosalie Manor
4803 W. Burleigh St.
Milwaukee, WI 53210
414-449-2868
http://www.rosaliemanor.org
Running Rebels
Running Rebels provides Milwaukee’s youth with positive alternatives to gangs and substance abuse by offering a youth program that focuses on education and recreational activities. Running Rebels programs for high risk youth include mentoring, tutoring, crisis stabilization, anger management, daily living skills, an after-school and summer safe and sound program and separate programs for serious chronic offenders and firearm offenders.
Running Rebels
1300A West Fond Du Lac Avenue
Milwaukee, WI, 53205
Working Hours M-F 10-7
(414)264-8222
http://www.runningrebels.org
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and HIV Program
The City of Milwaukee Health Department's Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and HIV Program is supported primarily by the City of Milwaukee with significant assistance from the Wisconsin Division of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Services offered by the program include screening for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV counseling and testing, medical case management for women living with HIV, presentations to community groups and participation in health fairs.
Milwaukee Health Department
841 North Broadway Street
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 286-8088
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/StdHIVAids444.htm
Social Development Commission
The SDC directly operates 18 programs designed to improve the overall quality of life for low-income people. Through its programs, the SDC provides services to approximately 100,000 people annually. The SDC targets its services to low-income individuals and families who reside in Milwaukee County. The target population includes children in single-parent households, low-income older adults, at-risk youth involved in delinquency and gang-related activities, low-income homeowners and homeless families. The SDC’s clients mirror the profile of poverty in Milwaukee.
Social Development Commission
4041 N Richards Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: (414) 906-2700
http://www.cr-sdc.org
Teen Challenge of Wisconsin
Providing care for adult males, adult females, adolescent males and adolescent females, Teen Challenge has a range of programs for those demonstrating a need for intensive help with life-controlling problems. In addition, non-residential and prevention programs are made available.
Teen Challenge of Wisconsin
9236 West Appleton Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53225
414-466-4415
http://www.teenchallengeonline.com
Urban Underground
Urban Underground is advancing a new generation of young leaders committed to building safe and sustainable communities. We advance our mission through effective and age appropriate programs, strategic partnerships, and youth-led social change projects in the areas of health, education, and restorative justice. Our programs establish key pipelines for youth leadership, help groups broaden their definitions of diversity and inclusion, and create educational models relevant to today's youth. We believe that all young people deserve access to a caring and responsible adult, culturally competent support for personal growth, and opportunities to increase knowledge and skills for the improvement of self and community.
Urban Underground
4850 W. Fond Du Lac Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53216
414.444.8726
http://www.urbanunderground.org/
Wisconsin Center for Health Equity
The Center for Health Equity is dedicated to improving the social and economic factors that strongly influence our public health within the City of Milwaukee as well as throughout the state of Wisconsin. The Center will concentrate on improving the health of our population through three main strategies:
- Improve understanding of how socioeconomic conditions affect people’s health
- Encourage and support changes in public policy to improve the health of everyone in our community
- Build community involvement in policymaking
Helping communities to strengthen their “civic capacity” and become more effective in improving the public policies that affect them and their community’s health. In focusing on these areas, we hope to achieve “health equity,” by which we mean a society where all people have an equal chance to be healthy.
Milwaukee Health Department
841 North Broadway Street
Milwaukee, WI (414)
286-3521
http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/wche
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is a state agency charged with building and strengthening Wisconsin's workforce in the 21st century and beyond. The Department's primary responsibilities include providing job services, training and employment assistance to people looking for work, at the same time as it works with employers on finding the necessary workers to fill current job openings. Under the DWD umbrella, a wide variety of employment programs can be found which range from securing jobs for the disabled, assisting former welfare recipients as they make a transition into work, Promoting employment in the state through Wisconsin Job Centers, linking youth with jobs of tomorrow, protecting and enforcing worker's rights, processing unemployment claims and ensuringworkers compensation claims are paid in accordance with the law.
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/aboutdwd.htm