Welcome to the Planning Council

Welcome to the Planning Council for Health and Human Services. Our mission statement is "To advance community health and human services through planning, evaluation, and research."

If you are looking for best practices...
If you need to know which of your programs are producing good outcomes...
If you need help making sense of data...
If you need help in building a coalition and convening stakeholders...

The Planning Council can help you connect the dots. We bring stakeholders together to address community issues and solve problems. We look to see if best practices are being employed. We help service providers learn which programs are producing good outcomes for their clients and which need improvement. We make sense of data and information. In essence, we "connect the dots" when it comes to health and human services. The Planning Council serves primarily counties in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Our new address: 1243 N. 10th St. Suite #200, Milwaukee WI, 53205 simple map or detailed map with directions.

Here are some of our most recent reports, articles, and activities:

In the News

	Report Wins Clarion Award The Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Inc., prepared a report for 2-1-1 @ IMPACT that analyzed five years of call data and included information from callers and community leaders about the significance of the service. 2-1-1 @ IMPACT is a 24-hour central access point for callers who need assistance with family, health, and social services. The report, Realizing Milwaukee's Potential: 2003-2007 Report to the Community, was selected as a winner of a Clarion Award for excellence in communications. Click here to read the award announcement.


Recently Released
	Poster of Rosalie Manor "Supporting Teen Families" Evaluation Published April 2010 Download or View it HERE .pdf format. The Planning Council, in partnership with UW-Milwaukee Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, is currently evaluating a program that aims to reduce the number of repeat teen pregnancies in Milwaukee. The program, called Supporting Teen Families, is run by Rosalie Manor Community and Family Services and serves over 100 pregnant and parenting Milwaukee teen mothers annually. Preliminary program evaluation results were shared via a poster presentation at a recent U.S. Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention conference. Click on the link above to access the poster.
	Planning Council 2009 Annual Report Published April 2010 Download or View it HERE .pdf format.
	Office of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare 2009 Annual Report Published April 2010 Download or View it HERE .pdf format. The Office of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare (Ombudsman Office) is a free, public service that conducts objective, impartial, and independent reviews of case-specific concerns regarding the safety, permanence, and well-being of children and families involved with the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (Bureau). The 2009 Annual Report provides information on areas for improvement, contacts for services, and review findings. Click on the link above to access the report or click here to view the Executive Summary.
	Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee HOPE VI Evaluation of Scattered Sites I Published February 2010 Download or View it HERE .pdf format. This report evaluates the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee's HOPE VI Scattered Sites program, which provides housing and programs that foster self-sufficiency among residents. This report describes activities and outcomes of the supportive services available to Scattered Sites I families in the Midtown Neighborhood in the areas of case management, educational supportive programs and self-sufficiency efforts. The report also estimates employment and earning gains, and describes the impact of Scattered Sites I neighborhoods in the City of Milwaukee. To learn more about the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, visit http://www.hacm.org/.

	Inventory of Free and Community Clinics Providing Medical and Dental Services in Milwaukee County Published October 2009 Download or View it HERE .pdf format. Note: This document is quite large (3.1 MB; 238 pages) and may take some time to download. The Planning Council developed an inventory of free and community clinics in Milwaukee County for a Work Team that consisted of members from the Milwaukee Free Clinic Collaborative and the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership. The inventory identifies gaps in the delivery system so that plans and strategies can be developed for adding capacity for under-and uninsured residents of Milwaukee County over the next five years. The inventory includes 25 medical clinics, 6 family planning clinics, 4 STD and HIV/AIDS clinics, and 8 dental clinics. For each type of clinic grouping, data is presented at three levels: 1) summary information aggregated across the clinics; 2) aggregate information across clinics by survey questions; and 3) individual profiles of clinics, including contact information and descriptions. Also included in the inventory is a summary of themes identified by clinic representatives, recommendations for sustaining the inventory, tools and suggestions for tool refinements, maps identifying clinic locations, and a list of other potential free and community clinics. To learn more about Milwaukee's Free Clinic Collaborative, visit http://www.breadofhealingclinic.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=59. For more information about the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership, click on the following link: http://www.froedtert.com/pdf/MilwaukeeHealthCarePartnership.pdf.