If you work or live with young people and want to learn more about how to help them with mental health issues, we're offering Youth Mental Health First Aid twice in March, on March 7 and March 21. This FREE Zoom workshop will help participants learn common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, plus how to cope with common issues such as #anxiety, #depression, #substanceuse and much more. This workshop is valued at $170, but we're offering it for free. RSVP now! #YMHFA #YouthMentalHealthFirstAid #youthmentalhealth https://lnkd.in/gfzP6yuX
Community Advocates, Inc.
非营利组织管理
Milwaukee，WI 1,531 位关注者
Where meeting basic needs inspires hope.
关于我们
Since 1976, Community Advocates has maintained and strengthened its mission to provide low-income Milwaukee individuals and families with advocacy and services to meet their basic needs so they may live in dignity. Community Advocates (CA) offers more than 30 specialized programs for those seeking help with housing, energy assistance, domestic violence, behavioral health issues, disability advocacy, protective payee services, and referrals to other resources within the community. We’re one of the few social service agencies that accepts walk-in clients five days a week. Our belief is that advocacy is more than just helping families and individuals. Advocacy is also about building a community that empowers families and individuals to help themselves. Community Advocates is organized around four main divisions: Basic Needs: Includes our housing department, energy assistance and utilities programs, disability advocacy, and protective payee services. Behavioral Health Services: Our Homeless Outreach Nursing Center, Autumn West Safe Haven, and Project Bridge programs provide a continuum of care and supports for those living with a mental illness while they are experiencing chronic homelessness who want to transition to permanent housing. Milwaukee Women’s Center: Provides emergency shelter and wraparound care to adults and children who are impacted by domestic violence in the home or homelessness, as well as programming for women ages 50+ (the Older Abused Women’s Program), men who want to change their abusive behavior (Nevermore Batterer’s Treatment Program), and job-seekers needing appropriate clothing and job-readiness skills (the Bottomless Closet). Public Policy Institute: Our researchers and advocates promote and implement evidence-based policies that will prevent and reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for individuals and families in Milwaukee. PPI focuses on smart reentry for returning citizens, transitional jobs, substance abuse prevention, tobacco use prevention, positive youth development, and professional training for community members seeking to learn new prevention and coalition-building methods.
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http://www.communityadvocates.net
Community Advocates, Inc.的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 非营利组织管理
- 规模
- 51-200 人
- 总部
- Milwaukee，WI
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1976
- 领域
- Basic Needs Advocacy、Public Policy、Coalition-Building、Mental Health & Housing、Energy Assistance、Housing First、Substance Abuse Prevention和Professional Training
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Community Advocates, Inc.员工
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Clear your calendars for Tuesday, March 4, because PPI's Alliance for Wisconsin Youth is co-sponsoring a full day of events for you! Begin your day with Coffee + Conversation at Hales Corners Lutheran. Following immediately is a Professional Development presentation/workshop discussing high-potency THC products, youth substance use, and actionable steps to create healthier communities. The discussion will be facilitated by our very own AWY Coordinator Kat Becker, MPH, CPH. The evening opportunity for engagement is in the form of a Family Wellness Event at Greendale Middle School. It includes a vendor fair of local health and wellness services and organizations, 8th Grade Health Advocacy Poster Presentations, and a featured presentation from Johnny's Ambassadors - Youth THC Prevention's Founder Laura Stack. RSVP for the THC discussion here: https://lnkd.in/gq44JCut
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Last week we had the opportunity to host 3 local representatives for a Legislative Breakfast in Greendale, with one of our workgroups: Community Alliance. The morning included: 🔵 Coalition Presentation, highlighting all of the work our coalition members and volunteers have accomplished. 🔵 Wisconsin WINS program update for the represented communities 🔵 Panel discussion with Rep. Donovan, Rep. Wittke, and Sen. Wanggaard about substance misuse and mental health + priorities in this upcoming budget and legislative session. This evented was hosted by: Community Alliance, Community Advocates, Inc./AWY, and Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project.
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The numbers are in! We received so much community support in 2024 and are incredibly grateful to everyone who donated their time and effort. The Milwaukee Women's Center opened their doors to 267 individuals who spent 1,269 hours doing volunteer work. Community Advocates saw 26 volunteers, donating 781 hours of their time. In total, that's 293 volunteers who gave their time, equating to roughly 2,050 volunteer hours! Community Advocates and the Milwaukee Women's Center thank you! Learn how you can volunteer at https://lnkd.in/ghkqvNPC #volunteers #thankyou
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment has awarded Community Advocates a one-year seed grant to explore aging adults’ experiences with housing instability and homelessness in Milwaukee County. David Nelson, Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, will be our project’s faculty mentor. We aim to learn more about these elders’ housing and health challenges and successes; community stakeholders’ views on serving these elders; and the policies and practices that impact these experiences. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gq_isuic
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Community Advocates is a proud co-sponsor of the Milwaukee launch event of Professor Bernadette Atuahene's new book, PLUNDERED: HOW RACIST POLICIES UNDERMINE BLACK OWNERSHIP IN AMERICA, at Boswell Book Co. on February 20. Professor Atuahene will be in conversation with Reggie Jackson, and Community Advocates COO Maudwella Kirkendoll will offer a few words on the work Community Advocates is doing with Professor Atuahene on the Milwaukee Property Tax Appeals Project. Register today and join the conversation! https://lnkd.in/genp2uDm
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A special thanks goes out to the audiences at Milwaukee Rep's A Christmas Carol in November and December 2024. As part of the Rep’s longstanding A Christmas Carol Families Program, audience members’ financial donations resulted in extra gifts for some families we serve, as well as program funding. Stronger Families Milwaukee program staff wrote: “We are so grateful that we were selected to provide these presents to our families. These families are dealing with housing and mental health crises. They did not expect to be able to provide any presents to their children, so this was so important to them. It is also an opportunity for them to spend quality time together. We thank you for your generosity.” Another parent wrote: “I am writing this letter to say thank you so much for all of the Christmas gifts my family and I got. I am really grateful and my kids enjoy everything that was given to them. I really appreciate it so much. The happiness on my kids’ faces was priceless, you have no idea how much this meant to me. I wish I could thank you in person because you made my kids’ Christmas this year. May God continue to bless you. Once again, thank you so much.”
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Sharon Jordan has spent more than a decade supporting the work of Community Advocates as a member of our Board of Directors, and now we’re pleased to announce that she has just begun a term as President of our Board of Directors. Sharon, Community Relations Director at Direct Supply, has dedicated her professional career and passions toward helping to improve the lives of others. We’re grateful for her service over so many years. Learn more about Sharon Jordan here: https://lnkd.in/gXHpVnnt
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Mental Health Awareness and Community Workshops for February 2025 are now posted for you to register for! February will include: · Trauma and the Brain on February 5 · Adult Mental Health First Aid on February 18 · Verbal De-escalation Techniques on February 19 · QPR Suicide Prevention Training on February 19 Use the following link to see our upcoming events and reserve your seat: https://lnkd.in/gZ4SUGin #milwaukee #workshop #mentalhealth #mentalhealthtraining #prevention
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