Department of Health and Human Services

Mayor, County Executive Announce Winter Warming Shelters, Homeless Services

Warming shelters, meal sites and new strategies for preventing homelessness this winter.

The Legacy of Tommy Thompson

Former legislator, governor, US Secretary of Health soon to turn 84.

County Installs Suicide Prevention Signs in Parks

40 signs going up in parks and along the lakefront.

County Launches Lead Abatement Program

Federal funding will help remove lead from 200 homes over next three years.

Board Adopts 2026 Budget, Reduces Size of MCTS Cut

Supervisors manage to restore some cuts, but transit and human services are hard hit in 2026 budget.

County Board Finds Funding For Emergency Food Assistance

Board also declares "Food Apartheid" a public health emergency.

Baldwin Calls on Trump Administration to Immediately Release Head Start Funds

Senator Baldwin Slams Trump Administrations Efforts to Dismantle Education Department & Shortchange American Families

Corporation and Former Chief Executive Officer Sentenced for Health Care Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Baldwin Introduces Bill to Restore Head Start Funding During Shutdown

140 Head Start programs that serve over 65,000 children are at risk of closure

Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services Mobile Crisis Team Celebrates 30 Years of Responding to Crisis Calls 24/7 and Serving the Community

Milwaukee County has been offering mobile crisis services for 30 years, while other large cities have assembled teams in recent years

Chairwoman Nicholson Resolution to Combat Food Insecurity and Declare Food Apartheid as a Public Health Emergency Advanced by Full Board