Department of Health and Human Services

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley Reflects on First Term Successes

During his first term, County Executive Crowley delivered investments, initiatives, and policies to advance racial equity in Milwaukee County

County Offering $2.8 Million For Opioid Addiction Programs

Awarding grants for addiction prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery.

Milwaukee County DHHS Seeks Grant Applicants for ‘Better Ways to Cope’ Projects

Funded with Opioid Settlement dollars, projects will focus on prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery

8 Takeaways From Crowley’s State of the County Speech

And a new slogan: 'What’s good for Milwaukee County is good for the entire state.'

County Gets $2 Million Federal Funding for Affordable Housing

Funding included in congressional earmarks for latest appropriations bill.

County Executive David Crowley Successfully Advocates for New Federal Funding in Milwaukee County

President Biden signs federal appropriations legislation that will deploy investments in Milwaukee County for affordable housing, transit, and parks

County Budget Woes Expected To Return Next Year

Despite new sales tax, county likely to have to cut positions and programs.

New County Building Could Run on Solar Power

County planning 31,000 square feet in solar arrays to power new human services building.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley Signs Legislation Approving $1 Million for Affordable and Emergency Housing

This will be the first project in the State of Wisconsin to merge crisis beds with permanent affordable-rate housing

Young Adult Resource Center Expands to South Side

Owen's Place connects young people with employment opportunities and mental health resources.

Baldwin, Bipartisan Group Work to Hold E-Cigarette Companies Accountable for the Youth Vaping Crisis

Legislation earned support from the American Lung Association, the American Heart Association, and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

County Announces Home Repair Program for Seniors

Including interest free loans for repairs and grants for accessibility improvements.

Milwaukee County Announces New Senior Home Repair Program

Workshops will be held in February to provide information about the program to older adults in Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County Recruiting Businesses and Organizations to Host Additional ‘Harm Reduction Vending Machines’ to Combat Death from Overdose

VISIT Milwaukee encourages hospitality businesses to consider hosting a machine

County Youth In State Prisons Declining Again

After spike in 2022, number of youth sent to state juvenile prisons dropped in 2023.

Unique Housing Project Planned for Uptown Neighborhood

Project near 50th and North first in state to include both affordable rentals and crisis beds.

Board Adds Funding For Housing, Violence Prevention

$1.6 million for medical debt program wasn't spent, reallocated to other programs.

Board Adopts Chairwoman Nicholson Proposal to Study Solar Power Usage at New Coggs Building

County Would Fund Three Suburban Affordable Housing Developments

Projects in Whitefish Bay, South Milwaukee and Brown Deer secure support from board's Finance Committee.

Baldwin and Colleagues Demand VA Step Up and Protect Veterans from Prescription Drug Abuse

Senators push VA to enforce existing protections for veterans seeking prescription opioids, ensure community care program administrators and providers meet Department standards

Could New Coggs Building Go Solar?

Two supervisors suggest new Human Services building should include solar power generation.

Medical Debt Funding Could Be Shifted to Housing, Violence Prevention

County officials have plan for funding earmarked for scuttled medical debt relief project.

Proposal To Eliminate Medical Debt Won’t Move Forward

Instead, county officials pushed health systems to expand charity care.

County Awarded Federal Funding For Affordable Housing

$1.8 million grant will help housing aid recipients move to higher-income neighborhoods.

Senator Baldwin Supports Bipartisan Bill to Cut Insulin Costs for Millions More Americans

Baldwin helped pass legislation to cap the cost of insulin for seniors at $35 per month, now working to address the cost for others

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley Appoints Sumaiyah Clark as Chief Equity Officer

Milwaukee County Adopted 2024 Budget Discontinues Birth Cost Recovery for Fathers

Supervisor Taylor Applauds Support for “Birth to 3” Program in 2024 Budget

Board and County Exec At Odds Over Debt, Spending

Board wants to surpass debt limit given new sales tax, surplus.

Crowley, Transit Officials Oppose ‘Transit Rangers’ Backed By Drivers

Board fails to get administration buy-in for transit rangers, pitting union against Crowley and MCTS.

Sup. Taylor Pushes Funding For Early-Childhood Special-Ed Program

Sup. Sequanna Taylor pushes funding support critical to maintaining the county's Birth to 3 program.

“Birth to 3” Budget Amendment Recommended for Adoption

Baldwin Statement on Emergency Funding to Address Child Care Crisis, Curb Opioid and Fentanyl Epidemic

Baldwin Announces Over $101 Million to Lower Energy Costs for Wisconsin Families

Baldwin-backed LIHEAP funding will assist low-income families ahead of the winter season

More Doulas Getting Trained in Milwaukee

Program by African American Breastfeeding Network aims to reduce infant mortality.

The Battle Over Transit Security

MCTS and supervisors at odds over how to improve security, protect bus drivers.

City of Milwaukee Health Department Urges Residents to Get Vaccinated this Flu Season

Groundbreaking For Coggs Center a History Lesson

Trailblazing legislator's legacy continues at new human services building.

Legislative Committee Okays $6 Million for 2nd Juvenile Facility

What would that mean for Milwaukee's youthful offenders?

Crowley’s 2024 Budget Departs From Decades of Cuts

Thanks to new sales tax and state revenue, property taxes go down and money for county services go up.

Board Recommends Transit Rangers for Bus Security

But transit officials privately raise concerns about program as currently envisioned.

Drug Settlements Could Help Expand Opioid Addiction Programs

Settlements with opioid producers and distributors could fund 3 programs.

County Committee Moves to Replace Private Bus Security

Proposal includes 51 new 'Transit Rangers' trained and maintained by the county.

County Executive Hosting Parks ‘Celebrity Softball Game’

Teams include local journalists, artists, business owners, activists, politicians and community leaders.

South Shore Farmers’ Market Turns 25!

Time for County Board to Guts Up

If they don’t approve sales tax hike, county will face fiscal disaster and voters will blame them.

Downtown Development Agreements Will Help Fund County Parks

TIF districts for Northwestern Mutual and Fiserv projects funding county park improvements.

Public Meetings On King Park Homeownership Project Announced

Offering information about large homebuilding project coming to King Park neighborhood.

Task Force Makes Recommendations for Security on Buses

Should security officers work for county or the transit system? Report doesn't take a stand.

County Sales Tax Hike Gets First Approval

County officials detail future cuts without sales tax plan, as Parks Department is halved and senior centers eliminated.

Committee on Health Equity, Human Needs and Strategic Planning Hears Report on the Successes of Right to Counsel Program

Can County Protect Renters With Housing Vouchers?

New resolution seeks solutions to Section 8 discrimination by landlords.

County EMS Gets Award for Excellence

Emergency Medical Services Division again gets recognized for its handling of cardiac arrests.

Senators Baldwin, Tillis Lead Legislation to Respond to Future Pandemics

Disease X Act would invest resources to help our country better prepare against future unknown health threats

Could MCTS Have New Security by 2024?

Task Force rushing to finalize a proposal for county buses before budget season. Will it work?

Milwaukee Child Care Issues Force Parents To Stop Working

City's South Side is a "child care desert." McDonald's can pay better than centers.

Habitat Breaks Ground on King Park Homes

Homeownership project will build 120 single-family homes near westside park.

County Opens New Community Mental Health Clinic

Clinic on Northwest Side will provide services to underinsured and uninsured patients.

Feds End COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

Vaccines, testing and treatment will remain free only as long as pre-expiration supplies last.

Health Insurance Assistance Plan Revamped

What is best use of ARPA funds to help county residents kicked off of Medicaid?

Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Ensure Doctors Can Provide Legal Abortion Care

Milwaukee County to Highlight Ways to Access Mental Health Services During May – Mental Health Awareness Month

Access to mental health resources is a national conversation. Behavioral Health Services spokespeople are available throughout May to discuss how and where to access services.

Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Effort to Combat Fentanyl Crisis

Wisconsin saw 1,280 fentanyl overdose deaths in 2021, a 97% increase from 2019

Crowley Approves Funding for Mental Health Programs

ARPA funds will expand services offered by two community-based nonprofits.

Moore, McBath, Fitzpatrick, Kim Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Survivors of Domestic Violence

Oshkosh Man Sentenced to 3 Years Incarceration, Seizure of Home for Elder Financial Abuse and Tax Fraud Convictions

April 3, 2023

While Future Uncertain, County Extends Paratransit Taxi to September

County initially planned to discontinue service due to new federal regulations.

Bipartisan Support For Extending Medicaid Benefits For Postpartum Mothers

Approximately 50 post-partum deaths annually that the Wisconsin health department believes are preventable.

Baldwin Joins Effort to Review and Strengthen Medicare Advantage, Protect Taxpayers Dollars and Improve Care for Seniors

Recent federal audits show widespread overcharges and errors in payments across Medicare Advantage plans

Baldwin, Braun Lead Bill to Require Transparency for Skyrocketing Drug Prices

Bipartisan FAIR Drug Pricing Act comes as median price of a new drug costs more than $222,000/year

Bipartisan Bill Would Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

Would extend coverage from 60 days to one year to improve infant and maternal health.

Crowley Promotes Vending Machines To Prevent Opioid Deaths

County to install 25 vending machines with narcan spray, fentanyl test strips and more.

More Than 1.6 Million Wisconsin Residents Need To Renew Medicaid Enrollment

Or they risk losing health insurance coverage. Reinstated requirement part of COVID-19 policy wind down.

Program Would Subsidize Low-Income Health Insurance Premiums

County would join effort to prevent people from losing health insurance coverage.

County Executive David Crowley Declares Snow Emergency

Effective immediately, Friday, March 10

County Seeks Contractors for New Human Services Building

Plans call for a $42 million, 4-story, 60,000-square-foot facility at 12th and Cherry.

Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Help Stop Child Labor

Child Labor Prevention Act comes after Wisconsin food safety fined company for illegally employing more than 100 children

Gov. Evers, DHS Awards $1 million in Grants to Help Reduce Disparities in Behavioral Health Care System

Equity and inclusion trainings to be offered to service providers

Senators Baldwin, Murphy Lead 32 Colleagues Urging Biden Administration to Limit Availability of Junk Health Care Plans

Junk plans can deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and don’t have to cover essential services like maternity care, prescription drugs, substance use disorder treatment and emergency room care

7 Takeaways From Crowley’s 2023 State of the County Speech

Going back to college, helping youth and counting on a new partnership with the state.

County Executive David Crowley Declares Snow Emergency

Beginning Thursday, February 16 at 6am

County Plans for Surge In Funding To Address Homelessness

County investing $4.5 million into housing navigation, rental assistance and housing rehabilitation.

Milwaukee County Hosting Virtual Community Conversations to Seek Ideas for Regranting Opioid Settlement Funds

Board Almost Blocks Juvenile Justice Funding

A majority of supervisors voted to hold on a $42 million contract without appearing to know what the impact would be.

Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging HHS to Address Repeated Failures at FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes

Letter follows the Reagan-Udall Foundation Independent Report that found FDA’s failures undermine credibility and effectiveness in tobacco product regulation

Supervisor Coggs-Jones Encourages Public Participation at Upcoming Listen & Learn Session

Six Ways County Will Spend Opioid Settlement Funds

Opioid treatment programs a priority for spending $56 million won from drug companies.

Senator Baldwin Reintroduces Legislation to Lower Health Care Costs & Expand Access to Insurance for Millions More Americans

An estimated 8.9 million Americans have lower premiums thanks to enhanced tax credits passed in Inflation Reduction Act & the American Rescue Plan Act

Giving Tents to Homeless Sparks Debate

Street Angels defends it; downtown business leader calls it 'enabling' such behavior, then walks back comment.

Study Finds High Level of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Great Lakes Fish

Eating 1 freshwater fish a year similar to drinking PFOS-contaminated water for a month.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley Celebrates City Zoning Committee Moving Forward the Sale of 90 Lots for Single Family Homes in the King Park Neighborhood

Gov. Evers, DCF Announce Federal Grant to Support Domestic Violence Survivors in Safely Accessing Child Support Resources

South Milwaukee Affordable Housing Project Gets County Funding

County awarding $2.5 million for the redevelopment of the former Bucyrus campus.

County Opens Coggs Building as Warming Center

Human Services building at 1220 W. Vliet St. will be open 24 hours a day over the holiday weekend.

Youth Detention in Racine Approved

Supervisors quietly approve policy they previously rejected.

Committee Okays Racine Detention for Youthful Offenders

Board will reconsider agreement it opposed in September to pay for Racine facility.

Supervisors Approve Affordable Housing Plans

Progress on two major affordable housing projects pushed by Crowley.

Crowley Pushes Affordable Care Coverage

Open enrollment deadline for coverage is Dec. 15. Crowley, health officials urge uninsured to sign up.

Suicides Spiking in Milwaukee’s Black Community

Trend precedes pandemic, but is now at highest point in past decade.

County Hits 4-Year High of Youth in State Prisons

On track for highest number sentenced to Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake since 2018.