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UPDATE: Housing leaders say rental assistance funds are still available for Milwaukee County residents

January 27, 2023 by PrincessSafiya Byers Leave a Comment

Although the deadline to apply for funds from the Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance program is Tuesday, Jan. 31, Milwaukee housing leaders said Friday that money is sill available for struggling residents.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: Community Advocates, Department of Administration, housing, Rent Assistance, the Social Development Commission, Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance program

5 things to know and do the weekend of Jan. 27

January 27, 2023 by Sam Woods Leave a Comment

Check out a free grocery giveaway; attend Rid Racism’s awards ceremony; drink coffee with County Executive David Crowley; be a spectator at the MPS basketball showcase at Marquette; and go to a wellness group meeting for small-business owners.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: al mcguire center, camille mays, city of light church, county executive, David Crowley, dream team united mke, groceries, jordan poole, kevin looney, lynne woerhle, MPS, peace garden project Mke, rid racism mke, sherman perk coffee shop, st francis of assisi center, The Table, tosa together

These students don’t have to miss school to see the doctor. They can just go down the hall.

January 26, 2023 by Devin Blake Leave a Comment

South Division High School and the Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers have partnered to create the first school-based health clinic within Milwaukee Public Schools, expanding access to health care for a predominantly Hispanic student body.

Filed Under: Community, Health and Wellness

NNS update: Rest in peace, Jose Vasquez: Remembering a mentor and active community member

January 26, 2023 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Milwaukee is mourning the death this week of Jose Vasquez, a mentor and active community member whom we wrote about four years ago

Filed Under: Carousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, South

Advocates worry proposal to change Wisconsin’s cash bail system will penalize the poor

January 25, 2023 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Will a proposal to change the cash bail system penalize the poor? Some advocates say so, but others argue doing nothing about the current system would be a mistake.

Filed Under: Community, Public Safety Tagged With: ACLU of Wisconsin, bail, bipartisan, Clean Slate Wisconsin, constitution, crime, Darrell Brooks, employment, incarceration, justice system, milwaukee, Project Return, Public Safety, reform, Rep. Evan Goyke, Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, Shanyeill McCloud, Waukesha, Wendell Hruska, Wisconsin Legislature

Early childhood educators can receive $1,500 from a new Milwaukee program 

January 25, 2023 by Sam Woods Leave a Comment

The City of Milwaukee announced a stipend program for early childhood educators that will pay them $1,500 over three installments in 2023.

Filed Under: Community, Education, Jobs Tagged With: American Rescue Plan Act, arpa, carmen salinas, child care, child care counts, daria hall, early childhood education, marina dimitrijevic, milwaukee early childhood education coalition, wisconsin department of children and families, yimma’s bright beginnings

The most transmissible strain of the coronavirus in the country is also now the most prevalent. Here’s what you need to know. 

January 24, 2023 by Devin Blake 4 Comments

The new coronavirus variant, XBB.1.5, is the most prevalent strain of the virus in the country. Health leaders predict it’s just a matter of time before rates rise in Wisconsin.

Filed Under: Community, Health and Wellness

5 things to know and do this week in Milwaukee: Jan. 23 to Jan. 27

January 23, 2023 by Sam Woods Leave a Comment

Attend a workshop for Black entrepreneurs; tell the library what services you want to see; get a tour of Latino Arts Inc.’s current exhibition; learn more about resources for people with disabilities; and find out about the work of birth workers and doulas.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: african american breastfeeding network, african american women’s center, fresh coast labs, jacobo lovo, joan johnson, latino arts inc, Milwaukee Public Library, mke black, mlk library, pink hustle, pitch black, sojourner family peace center, werise community doula program

Inside the NNS Newsroom: We are partnering with Report for America to hire a new community engagement reporter

January 23, 2023 by Ron Smith Leave a Comment

We are looking for a community engagement reporter to better serve you. The deadline to apply is Jan. 30.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge, Inside the NNS Newsroom, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, news414, nns, Report for America, the GroundTruth Project, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, wisconsin watch

5 things to know and do the weekend of Jan. 20

January 20, 2023 by Sam Woods Leave a Comment

Attend the opening of the “Music to My Fingers” exhibition; check out the “mutual aid shed” organized by Metcalfe Park Community Bridges; join a conversation on Black public health; participate in the winter coat drive organized by Voces de la Frontera; and attend Amani United’s neighborhood housing and economic development meeting.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: abigail engstrand, Amani, Amani United, Bethany Sanchez, black-owned business, center street nail academy, health connections, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, mpcb, Sherman Phoenix, voces de la frontera, walker’s point center for the arts, wpca

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