Civic - Services - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Support for human needs and infrastructure

• Transport: Milwaukee offers a variety of transit options; because of its large population (Milwaukee County is by far the most populous county in the state) and small area (Milwaukee County is the second-smallest county in terms of land area in the state), this population density means that public transit can potentially work fairly well
  • MKE Transit: summarizes transit options in the Milwaukee area; focus is on public transit; includes links to official Web sites where available and sources of further information about Milwaukee transit and projects
  • UWM Transit: summarizes transit options serving the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee; includes specific forms of transit for locations throughout the Milwaukee area
  • Streetcar: MKE Streetcar Destination Guide; information and destinations about the Milwaukee Streetcar
  • MCTS: Milwaukee County Transit System; a bus transit system serving Milwaukee County; Milwaukee County Transit System was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award--the highest award a transit company can achieve--by the American Public Transit Association in 1987 and 1999
  • The Hop: The Milwaukee Streetcar
  • Bublr Bikes: Bike-sharing system
  • Bike Fed: Wisconsin bicycling advocacy and suport
  • Airport MKE: General Mitchell International Airport (MKE); the largest passenger airport in Wisconsin with over 400 daily departures and arrivals; many airlines offer non-stop service to major cities around the United States from MKE
  • Airport MWC: Lawrence J Timmerman Airport; on Milwaukee's northwest side, offering air service to general aviation
  • Port: Port of Milwaukee; major industrial port on Lake Michigan and the St. Lawrence Seaway System; handles general and project cargoes, roll on/ roll off, containers, dry and liquid bulk and heavy lifts in excess of 180 metric tons; provides vessel owners and cargo interests with cargo handling services
  • Amtrak: Amtrak passenger train service; from Milwaukee Amtrak station at 5th and St. Paul Streets; train service south to Chicago and west to Minneapolis; also stop at MKE airport; see photo album page
  • Bicycle: Milwaukee by Bike; maps showing the trail systems for bicycles in Milwaukee county
  • Car Free: Possible in Milwaukee; with good walkability and some transit systems, you could easily live without a car in Milwaukee--I do
  • Car Sharing: Avoid owning a car; be car-free as much as possible, but keep the idea that you can rent or borrow a car only when you need it--for a big project or trip to far-out areas, for example
  • GCM Corridor: Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor; information about and near real-time graphics depicting traffic in the Milwaukee area and south to Chicago and Gary, Indiana. Provided as an effort of the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Priority Corridor Partners: Illinois Department of Transportation, Indiana Department of Transportation, and Wisconsin Department of Transportation
  • Freeways: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Milwaukee-area current travel information
• Human: Health and human services
  • Access: health and nutrition benefits
  • Aging Consortium: Milwaukee Aging Consortium; portal for aging-related information, activities, resources, and concerns; connects professionals who serve seniors; community-based agencies, residential facilities, allied health organizations, legal advocates, businesses, academic institutions, public agencies, and specialized aging networks
  • BadgerCare: health program
  • COA: Children's Outing Association Youth and Family Centers; services and programs for Milwaukee families; established 1906
  • Center for Independence: Milwaukee Center for Independence; provides expert resources to assist children, adults and families with mental and physical disabilities to better live and work in the community
  • Creative Trust: The Intergenerational Creative Trust Milwaukee; an alliance to foster life-long learning through the arts
  • CUPH: Center for Urban Population Health; a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Aurora Health Care; aims to meet the health needs of Wisconsin through education, research, patient care and service
  • CVI: Center for Veterans Issues
  • Disability Ind 1st: IndependenceFirst; resources for people with disabilities
  • Disability Eisenhower Ctr: Eisenhower Center; serves adults with cerebral palsy, neurological disorders or other developmental disabilities by providing job training and therapy services as well as the opportunity for paid employment
  • Domestic Violence: Sojourner Family Peace Cente; domestic violence programs to achieve a life free of violence
  • Down Syndrome: Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin
  • Emergency Community: Emergency Community Resource Contacts; includes shelters, hotlines, meal programs, and homeless health care
  • Goodwill: Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago; provides work opportunities and skill development for people with barriers to employment
  • Habitat: Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity; opporunities for home ownership
  • Homeless: Repairers of the Breach; grassroots advocacy for homeless and at-risk homeless
  • Homeless shelter: The Guest House; provides shelter for adult men in the evening
  • Homeless Vets: Milwaukee Homeless Veteran Initiative; services for veterans to maintain their highest level of independence
  • Impact 211: services help (phone 211); helps to identify the needs of individuals and their connection to other life crises; Emergency Food, Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse, Health Care, Homelessness and Emergency Shelter, Financial Assistance, Family and Parenting Issues, Mental Health Care, Legal Assistance, Housing Concerns, and many more...
  • KeytoChange: help for chronically homeless
  • La Causa: Childcare agency, bilingual
  • MKE Rising: lists resources that help people rise through equity, education, entrepreneurship, employment, and engagement; in 2020, a confluence of global events and conditions--a pandemic, economic dislocation, and racial injustice--revealed inequities in our local communities
  • Mental Health: Mental Health America in Milwaukee County; improves the mental health of all individuals and achieving victory over mental illnesses through advocacy
  • NextDoor: education center; helps families and children to develop skills for self-sufficiency
  • Senior: Wisconsin Senior Services; Senior Resources Online; services available to older adults in the state of Wisconsin including alzheimer's, benefits, care, residential, elder abuse, family care, home health, hospice, hospitals, housing, nursing, and veterans.
  • Social Development: Social Development Commission; provides community, adult, adult, and basic needs services
  • Sojourner: Family Peace Center; addresses domestic violence; shelter
  • Summit: Summit Educational Association; tutoring and mentoring program for Milwaukee’s inner city children
  • UMOS: United Migrant Opportunity Services; helps migrant and seasonal workers to improve their well-being, education, health, and housing
  • Veterans Hosp: Clement J. Zablocki United States Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
  • Vision Forward: resource for people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired
  • -USA Human-: National Health and Human services; you can use these directories to find doctors, hospitals, dentists, and other health and human services
• Facilities: Institutions, units, organizations, or systems that build, distribute, plan, or and keep area resources or infrastructure working
  • We Energies: trade name for Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Wisconsin Gas Company; provides gas, electric, and steam service in Milwaukee area to customers in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; unit of Wisconsin Energy Corporation
  • Sewage: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District; a state-chartered, government agency providing wastewater services for 28 municipalities
  • Regional Planning: Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission; the official areawide planning agency for the highly urbanized southeastern region of Wisconsin
  • SWWTWater: Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust; partnership established in 2008 to achieve healthy and sustainable water resources throughout the 2,849 square kilometer Greater Milwaukee Watersheds
  • Waste: Recycle more Wisconsin Waste Reduction Coalition; an environmental organization consisting of local governments, state agencies, non-profits, businesses, schools, and environmental organizations to help reduce waste materials before the expense and energy consumption inherent in recycling; includes waste reduction resources and information

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