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Online Reports
and Publications
by Date of Publication
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 Poster
of Rosalie Manor "Supporting Teen Families" Evaluation
- April 2010
.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.
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Planning
Council 2009 Annual Report -
April 2010
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Office
of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare 2009 Annual Report -
April 2010
.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.
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Housing
Authority of the City of Milwaukee HOPE VI Evaluation of Scattered Sites
I - February 2010
.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/.
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Inventory
of Free and Community Clinics Providing Medical and Dental Services in
Milwaukee County - October 2009
.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=64Itemid=59.
For more information about the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership, click
on the following link:
http://www.froedtert.com/pdf/MilwaukeeHealthCarePartnership.pdf.
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The
2008 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit: Feedback Results from Summit
Participants - September 2009
.pdf format.
The Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit is an annual event sponsored by the
Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative which is intended to bring together
the Milwaukee community to generate support for fathers, to provide
resources for men, and to address specific issues of fatherhood in the
community. This report summarizes demographic characteristics of
people who registered for the 2008 summit, participants' overall
ratings of the summit, participants' feedback on the major areas
addressed by the summit (men's health, community job fair, child
support debt reduction assistance, and driver's license recovery
assistance), and feedback from the summit's educational workshops.
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The
Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Focus Group Report: Follow-Up with
2008 Summit Attendees - September 2009
.pdf
format.
To expand on the feedback
received from participants at the 2008 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit,
the Planning Council followed-up with a small subset of summit
participants in the spring of 2009. This report summarizes feedback
from three focus groups conducted with men who attended the 2008
Fatherhood Summit and who received direct service assistance during
the event. The report summarizes participants' expectations prior to
attending the summit, perspectives on the impact of the summit on
their lives, continuing fatherhood challenges, and suggestions for
future summits.
To read about the 2007 Milwaukee
Fatherhood Summit, click on the link titled "The 2007 Milwaukee
Fatherhood Summit" (below). The report was prepared for the Milwaukee
Fatherhood Initiative and was released in May of 2008.
For more
information about the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative, click on the
following link
http://www.milwaukeefatherhood.com.
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Starting
Point of Ozaukee's "Parents who Host Lose the Most" Media Campaign:
Findings from the 2009 Parent Survey - August 2009
.pdf
format.
In the spring of 2007,
Starting Point of Ozaukee launched "Parents who Host Lose the Most:
Don't be a party to teenage drinking", a public awareness campaign to
inform the community about the consequences of providing alcohol to
underage youth. This report presents findings from the "Parents who Host
Lose the Most" parent awareness survey conducted by the Planning Council
and Starting Point during the spring of 2009 in Ozaukee County. The
report focuses on survey respondents' perceptions of issues related to
underage alcohol use, sources of exposure to the "Parents who Host Lose
the Most" campaign, perceptions of the usefulness of campaign messages,
and knowledge about and perceptions of underage drinking laws in
Wisconsin.
To learn more about Starting Point of Ozaukee, visit
www.ozaukeecouncil.org. The
"Parents who Host Lose the Most" public awareness campaign was developed
by the Ohio-based Drug Free Action Alliance. For more information, visit
www.drugfreeactionalliance.org.
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Key
Substance Abuse Indicators - July 2009
.pdf
format. Note: Updated on September 1,
2009
This report was prepared
for the Alliance of Wisconsin Youth Southeastern Regional Center. The
Alliance works to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse and
build the capacity of prevention coalitions in Southeastern Wisconsin.
This report provides general information about substance use among youth
and provides an analysis of information on the consequences of substance
abuse in the Southeastern Region and its comprising counties. The report
highlights indicators of substance abuse, examines the cross-system
impact and burden that results from substance use, and shares
information that could lead to focused community planning for substance
abuse prevention. Click on the link above to access the report.
To learn more about demographic and substance abuse data in
Southeastern Wisconsin, click on the report below, titled,
"Southeastern Wisconsin Demographic Profiles Report." This report was
prepared for the Alliance in July of 2008.
- Planning
Council 2008 Annual Report -
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Directory
of Anti-Violence Efforts in Milwaukee County - June 2009
.pdf
format.
A directory of anti-violence efforts was originally created in 2005.
Based on demand, the directory was updated in 2006 and has been updated
and expanded in 2009 with support from the Greater Milwaukee
Foundation's Fitch Research Fund. The directory includes descriptions
and contact information for anti-violence efforts in Milwaukee County, a
list of efforts by category, and a sample of twelve evidence-based
practices in violence prevention. The directory is intended to encourage
communication, coordination, and collaboration among people working to
prevent or reduce violence. Click on the link above to access the
directory.
If you know of any anti-violence efforts that should be included in this
directory, or if information in the directory changes, please contact
Lonna Kruse by emailing
antiviolence@planningcouncil.org or by calling (414) 224-0404,
extension 33.
If you would like printed copies of the directory, they are available
for $8.00. To order, please contact Lonna Kruse.
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A
Community Conversation About the Safety of Children in Foster Care
- May 2009 .pdf
format. Note: this report is quite large (1.32 MB) and may take
some time to download.
This study, which was commissioned by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's
Bright Futures Milwaukee Fund in memory of long-time child advocate
James R. Ryan, was undertaken to engage the community in a discussion
about the safety of children in foster care. The report provides
information on the current status of children in foster care in
Milwaukee, identifies best practices for keeping foster children safe,
and recommends strategies for enhancing the safety of children in foster
care in Milwaukee County.
Click
here for more detailed information about best
and evidence-based practices that enhance the safety of children in
foster care.
Click
here for more
detailed information about what key informants had to say.
Click
here
for more detailed information about what caseworkers had to say.
Click
here for more
detailed information about what biological mothers had to say.
Click
here
for more detailed information about what
foster parents had to say.
To see pictures from the event at
which the report was released and discussed, click
here.
Click on the following link to view an article about the foster
care study written by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/46266767.html. The following
link is an article about the study written by LaToya Dennis of Milwaukee
Public Radio
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=4613.
To read an editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on keeping
children safe in foster care, posted July 24, 2009, click on the
following link:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/51616007.html.
To
read an August 2 response to the editorial above, click on the
following link (http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/52220327.html)
and scroll to the heading "CHILD CARE". The response was written by
the Planning Council's Executive Director, Kathleen Pritchard.
Click on the following link to view some
facts about foster care.
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Office
of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare 2008 Annual Report
- April 2009 .pdf
format.
The Office of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare (Ombudsman
Office) has released its 2008 Annual Report. The Ombudsman Office is a
neutral, independent office that reviews case-specific concerns
regarding the safety, permanence, and well-being of children and
families involved with he Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (Bureau).
The Ombudsman Office responds to citizen concerns regarding specific
action or inaction of the Bureau to learn whether or not policy,
procedure, law, and practice standards were followed in its
decision-making.
The report identifies key areas for improvement, associated
recommendations, and details on all contacts made to the Ombudsman
Office in 2008. Click on the link above to access the full report or
click on the following link to view the
Executive Summary.
For more information about the Ombudsman Office, go to
http://ombudsmanmilw.org/default.htm.
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Milwaukee
County Long-Term Care Planning Process Report: Planning Process June
2006-July 2008
- September 2008 .pdf
format.
Milwaukee County Disabilities Services
Division currently has a waiting list of about 2,500 people between the
ages of 18 to 59 who have disabilities and need long-term care services.
The Planning Council assisted the County in planning for a managed
long-term care system that would put an end to this lengthy wait for
services. This report provides a high level overview of the planning
structure, activities, milestones, and results of Milwaukee County's
Long-Term Care Planning process for adults with disabilities under age
60. For more information on this planning process, visit our Long-Term
Care Planning Website at
www.planningcouncil.org/longtermcare.
Please note that the report states that Milwaukee County's plan is
expected to be implemented in the first quarter of 2009; however, due to
issues with the State budget, implementation has been pushed back.
Information regarding implementation will be posted on the Long-Term
Care Planning website as it becomes available and is finalized.
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Realizing
Milwaukee's Potential: 2003-2007 Report to the Community
- Fall 2008
.pdf
format Note: this report is quite large
(3.32 MB) and may take some time to dowload.
During the five-year period from 2003 to 2007, 2-1-1
@ IMPACT received over half a million
calls. 2-1-1 @ IMPACT is a 24-hour community information and
referral service. Who was calling? What were they calling about? Where
were they calling from? What does 2-1-1 @
IMPACT mean to the community? These questions are answered in a
Fall 2008 report, prepared by the Planning
Council for 2-1-1. Click on the following link to be connected to
2‑1‑1
@ IMPACT's
website to view the report,
Realizing Milwaukee's Potential: 2003-2007 Report to the Community.
Look for the section on 2-1-1's website titled, "2-1-1 @ IMPACT Report to the Community
(released Fall 2008)".
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.
- Measuring
outcomes of United Way-funded programs: Expectations and reality
- Fall 2008 .pdf
format.
The Planning Council's Executive Director, Kathleen Pritchard, has written an article
that appears in the fall 2008 issue of the American Evaluation Association's journal,
New Directions for Evaluation. The article is titled "Measuring outcomes of
United Way-funded programs: Expectations and reality." It reviews United Way of
America's approach to measuring program outcomes, and draws on lessons learned
from
its application throughout the country.
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Alternatives
to Suspensions and Expulsions Advisory Group Report - July 2008
.pdf format.
Prepared for the Milwaukee Public
Schools Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. This report summarizes
the work of the Alternatives to Suspension and Expulsions Advisory Group
activities, an ad hoc committee functioning as a sounding board for the
Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative to generate ideas to improve
student achievement.
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Southeastern
Wisconsin Demographic Profiles Report - July 2008
.pdf format.
The first in a series of reports to provide basic
demographic information that will help shape community planning efforts
and decisions on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention.
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The
2007 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit - May 2008 .pdf
format.
Feedback Results from Summit Participants
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Violence
Prevention and Reduction Initiatives in Milwaukee County - April 2008
.pdf format.
Violence Prevention and Reduction
Initiatives in Milwaukee County, Section One, Focus Group Report.
Published for the
Medical College of
Wisconsin
Violence Prevention Initiative
- Planning
Council 2007 Annual Report -
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Office of the Milwaukee Ombudsman for Child Welfare
2007 Annual Report - March, 2008
.pdf format.
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Issues
Related to Affordable Housing for People with Behavioral Health
Disorders - February, 2008 .pdf
format.
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Hillside Youth
Report 2007 - March, 2007 .pdf
format.
- Anti-Violence
Initiatives Within Milwaukee County - December, 2005/
Updated
10/2006 .pdf
format.
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Blueprint For Change:
Redesign for Milwaukee County AODA (Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse)
Service Delivery System - March, 2005
What are the components of Milwaukee County's redesigned AODA (alcohol
and other drug abuse) system? This report details the changes that
occurred when Milwaukee County merged its mental health and AODA
programs, including changes in intake procedures, screening and
assessment, care planning, recovery support, and care coordination.
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Status Report on
Older Adults in Milwaukee County With Mental Health and Co-Occurring
Disorders - March,
2004
Is Milwaukee County prepared for the mental health needs of older adults
over the next 10 to 15 years? This report contains a diagnostic profile
of the county's older adults with mental illness, an inventory of
programs serving them, a discussion of barriers to services, and a
summary of evidence-based practices. It also contains population
projections for older adults in Milwaukee County through 2020.
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Summary of
Customer Interviews For Payment Accuracy Initiative - March,
2004
How do people applying for food stamps feel about the customer service
they receive during the application process? This report contains the
results of interviews with people who had just completed the food stamp
application process at the Marcia P Coggs Human Services Center. People
were asked a series of customer service-related questions, including how
they were treated, how long they waited, and whether they had problems
with the application process.
- Stepping Up to Quality - An Overview of
Tiered Reimbursement Systems - December, 2003
- Manual for Cross
Systems Workshops to Support Family Services Coordination -
December, 2000 .pdf format.
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Child Care for Children who are Mildly
Ill - Executive Summary June, 2000 .pdf format.
- Long Range Plan
to Reduce Homelessness in Milwaukee County for 2000 to 2004 - February, 2000
2001 Update
Report .pdf format . -
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Child Care for Children with Special
Needs - Executive Summary June, 1999
.pdf format.
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Kenosha
COMPASS Survey - An Assessment of Neighborhood and Household
Problems and Unmet Service Needs in Kenosha County, Wisconsin - July
1989
Online PowerPoint
Presentations
View or Download an interactive discussion/ learning
tool presentations.
Available Reports
Copies of these reports may be obtained by calling 414-224-0404,
or by email pcmail@planningcouncil.org
Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse
- Southeastern
Wisconsin Demographic Profiles Report - July 2008
.pdf format.
The first in a series of reports to provide basic
demographic information that will help shape community planning efforts
and decisions on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention.
- A system of Outcomes Management of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Treatment Programs Based on the Milwaukee County AODA Outcomes
management Project- July, 1999
- Concerned Citizens Coalition on Alcohol & Other
Drug Abuse for Greater Kenosha - May, 1994
- Project Fresh Start Evaluation Report - December,
1993
Child
Abuse and Guardianship
- An Evaluation of the Second-Year of the Kenosha
Volunteer Guardianship Assistance Problem - September, 1992
- Community-Wide Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Strategies for Milwaukee County - August, 1989
Child
Care
- 2000 Final Report of the Child Care Advisory
Committee Recommendations on Child Care Rates and Policies for 2001 - November,
2000
- Child Care for Children who are Mildly
Ill: A
Description of Perspectives from Child Care Providers, Parents, and
Employers. Executive Summary Only. - June, 2000
- 1999 Final Report of the Child Care Advisory
Committee Recommendations on Child Care Rates and Policies for 2000 - October,
1999
- Child Care for Children with Special
Needs: A
description of Current Issues Facing Milwaukee County. Executive
Summary Only. - June, 1999
- 1998 Final Report of the Child Care Advisory
Committee Recommendations on Child Care Rates and Policies for 1999
- 1997 Final Report of the Child Care Advisory
Committee Recommendations on Child Care Rates and Policies for 1998 - November,
1997
- 1995 Final Report of the Milwaukee County Child Day
Care Task Force - November, 1996
- Racine Child Day Care Study - February, 1994
Community
Planning
- Jewish Newcomer Journey Into Milwaukee: Needs
Assessment Report - December, 1993
Kenosha
COMPASS Survey - An Assessment of Neighborhood and Household
Problems and Unmet Service Needs in Kenosha County, Wisconsin - July
1989
Elderly
/ Aging
- Elderly in High Rise / City of Milwaukee - May, 1992
- Milwaukee County's Older Adult Household Population
Survey - May, 1990
- Needs & Service Use by Families of Alzheimer's
Patients: A Survey of Persons Affiliated with the Alzheimer's
Association-Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter - June, 1990
Evaluation
Methodology
- Joining the Dance: Evaluating Culturally Specific
Programs Involves Listening to the Music and Learning to Carry the
Tune - October, 1993
Health
Issues
- A Review of Out-of-Home Care: Issues and Future
Considerations - February, 2001
- Evaluation of the Hillside Terrace Family Health
Center - April, 1998
- Immunization Survey of Milwaukee County Families with
Children Under the Age of Three - September, 1996
- Milwaukee Health Status Survey - September, 1996
- The Child & Family Health Index: Birth Data for
Milwaukee County 1990-1994 - July, 1995
- Greater Milwaukee Committee Strategic Health Action
Plan of Milwaukee - February, 1993
- Milwaukee Area Health Education Center Educational
Linkages Project - June, 1993
- The Health Status of Milwaukee Inner City Residents -
January, 1991
Housing
/ Homeless
Mental
Health
- Mental Health Services Consumer Housing Preference
Survey (Milwaukee) - December, 1991
Physical
and Developmental Disabilities
- Milwaukee County Needs Assessment of Persons with
Physical Disabilities and Sensory Impairments - May, 1993
- Review of the Milwaukee County Adult Services System
for Persons with Developmental Disabilities - December, 1992
Prevention
- The Supporting First Time Parents Hospital Follow-up
Study - March, 1999
- An Overview of Early Childbearing in Racine County
with Strategies for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting
Program - January, 1996
- Using Outcomes to Find the Value in Primary
Prevention - August, 1994
- Supporting First-Time Parents
Program Project Evaluation Report - December, 1993
- Final Report of the Task Force on Prevention and
Early Intervention (Milwaukee) - January, 1989
Youth
- 2007 Hillside Youth Report
- Neighborhood Partnerships for Early Childhood Brain
Development - August, 2000
- 1997 Milwaukee Youth Survey - September, 1997
- 1992 Milwaukee Youth Survey - September, 1992
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