Héctor Colón, President and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc.

Previously, Colón, was the director of Milwaukee County’s Department of Health and Human Services.

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Wisconsin’s Refuge Resettlement Agencies Struggle to Stay Open

Wisconsin’s Refuge Resettlement Agencies Struggle to Stay Open

Facing funding losses, layoffs. Some are resettling South Africans.

Milwaukee Asks Again for Red Light Cameras To Nab Speeders

Milwaukee Asks Again for Red Light Cameras To Nab Speeders

New legislative bill limits where cameras can be placed, how proceeds are spent.

UW Regents Elect First Native American President

UW Regents Elect First Native American President

Edmund Manydeeds is new president of UW System Board of Regents.

Schools’ Program Provides Mental Health Care

Schools’ Program Provides Mental Health Care

Students from south side UCC schools get mental health help both at school and home.

City-County Plan Targets Opioid Epidemic

City-County Plan Targets Opioid Epidemic

300 opioid overdoses in county last year. Task force proposes eight focus areas.

County Confronts Stigma of Mental Illness

County Confronts Stigma of Mental Illness

New system emphasizing community care brings people with mental illness into neighborhoods.

Report Finds Mental Health Care Issues

Report Finds Mental Health Care Issues

Public Policy Forum says system improved but hard to navigate.

Mental Health Care Reform Still Has Issues

Mental Health Care Reform Still Has Issues

Milwaukee County struggles making transition to a community-based mental healthcare model.

Finally, Mental Health Care System Improving

Finally, Mental Health Care System Improving

Decades overdue, system is moving toward more community care and less overload at county mental health care complex.