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New Gun Violence Prevention Program Goes After Habitual Offenders

Based on national gun violence prevention model, program will target up to 40 frequent shooters.

Milwaukee County Launches National Gun Violence Prevention Program

Two million dollars in Department of Justice grant funding will sustain the ‘Advance Peace’ program for three years

Board Adds Funding For Housing, Violence Prevention

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

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

County Hits 4-Year High of Youth in State Prisons

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

Board Approves Coggs Building Funding

Supervisors vote to use $32.3 million in ARPA funding for new human services building.

County Can’t Decide on Coggs Building

Committee approves $32 million for new DHHS building, and officials seem to favor razing the Coggs building.

Cost of Youth Offenders Keeps Rising

Number sent to costly state prisons nearly doubled since March, imperiling county's alternative youth justice programs.

Plan Expands Alternative To Youth Prisons

County would spend $4.1 million in ARPA funds to expand local alternative to state prisons.

414Life Plans New Initiative To Disrupt Violence This Summer

Project will train residents, provide resources and programming in seven neighborhoods.

State Youth Corrections Failures Hit Home

County detention center overcrowded. Judges have few options. Less money for prevention.

County Task Force Approves Funding for Public Safety, Behavioral Health

Task Force considers funding requests for county's $183 million in federal ARPA funding.

Milwaukee County DHHS is Seeking Input on the Future of its Human Services Facility through the ‘Coggs Center Community Survey’

Residents are encouraged to take the survey and share their ideas for accessing human services

Mentoring Program Helps House of Correction Inmates

Reentry program pairs those leaving jail with community members with similar experiences.

Leaders Celebrate New Mental Health Center

Huge gathering of officials for project lauded as momentous, exciting and historic.

Arnitta Holliman Is Fighting Violence with Love

The director of the Office of Violence Prevention wants to heal people to stop violence.

City Task Force Considers Unarmed First Responders

Unarmed responders would field calls for non-violent crimes.

Unarmed First Responders Task Force now underway

County Funds Credible Messengers Program

Program is intended to connect at-risk youth with mentors and social services.

Mental Health Clinic Opens on National Avenue

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers open new non-emergency mental health clinic.

Domestic Violence Surging In Milwaukee

Reports up 28% in April. Officials urge those in unsafe homes to turn to community resources for help.

County Officials Offer Antidote to Youth Prisons

Won’t be “a prison,” they say, promising humane alternative to Lincoln Hills, Copper Lake.

County Picks Location for Youth Offender Facility

Northwest side facility planned as part of model program to reduce recidivism.

County Prepares for Lincoln Hills Closing

Seeks to build secured residential center for youth in Milwaukee.

Residents Discuss City’s Blueprint for Peace

Meeting at Washington Park Library discusses ideas for violence prevention plan.

Long Awaited Safety Plan Gets Attacked

A blueprint for change or too vague and hard to understand? Council members wrangle.

Safe Zones Project Sees Success

Community policing helped homicides, shootings decline in two neighborhoods.

250 Mentors For Black Youths

Annual “We Got This” event pairs African American men and boys, all tuxedo-clad.

Can Police-Community Relations Be Improved?

Bronzeville forum discusses issue, looks for solutions.

Safe Zones Expanding in City

City-funded specialists handle violence prevention, conflict resolution in high-crime areas.