Community Resources
Parents Guide to Community Resources
Housing Assistance
MKE County Energy Assistance Information – English
MKE County Energy Assistance Information – Spanish
MKE County Energy Assistance Information – Hmong
Community Advocates (rental housing assistance)
Friendship House with The Cathedral Center (shelter assistance)
What Milwaukee homeowners (and those who want to be) should know
Milwaukee County Winter Weatherization Program
Food Assistance
Wisconsin Pandemic-EBT: What parents need to know
This new program is for all Wisconsin children who receive free or reduced-price school meals.
Click HERE for more information.
Hunger Task Force (food assistance)
Milwaukee Public Schools (meal pick-up program for MPS students)
Job Assistance
Job Center of Wisconsin (a look at current openings in various employment industries)
Job Center of Wisconsin (the center’s main website with more employment resources and free healthcare opportunities).
American Job Centers
Please call to check office hours.
Job Center Central (MAXIMUS) – Comprehensive
4201 N. 27th Street, Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53216; Telephone: (414) 874-0318
Southeast Wisconsin Job Center (YWCA/Equus)
1915 N. Doctor Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212; Telephone:414-374-1800
Milwaukee Walker’s Square Job Center (Equus)
816 W. National Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204; Telephone:414-302-2668
Milwaukee Southeast Job Center (UMOS)
2701 S. Chase Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207; Telephone:414-389-6607
WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Program
Education Assistance
Employ Milwaukee’s WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs
Programs designed to help workers and job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market. Please contact our service providers to find out if you are eligible for services: Mai Yang, Equus Workforce Solutions, mai.yang@equusworks.com or Juan Gamez, MAXIMUS, jgamez@dwfs.us.
If you would like to pursue your GED or High School Equivalency, click on the three links immediately below to our valued community partners.
Financial Assistance
Federal Trade Commission – Budget Worksheet
Federal Trade Commission – Credit Repair
Legal Assistance
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee (free legal services for issues like eviction and landlord-tenant disputes)
Milwaukee Justice Center and Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics (free remote support only)
Parenting Assistance
Milwaukee County Healthy Start Fatherhood Services (support for dads expecting a child or parenting a child under 18 months).
Transportation Assistance
Children’s Oral Health
Oral Health: Healthy Bedtime Routine
Oral Health: Preventing Tooth Decay
Health Assistance
Health Tip – Dietary Guidelines
Health Tip – Hydration & Healthy Beverages
Lead Poisoning
Lead Poisoning – Know the Facts
How to Protect Your Children from Lead Poisoning
Early Childhood Education information from the National Museum of African American History
https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/early-childhood