DHS Deputy Secretary Kevin Moore hears from our CEO John Bartkowski, DrPH on the unique and vital role community health centers play – caring for patients and serving as anchors in their communities providing jobs and commerce in economically stressed neighborhoods.
We are proud to once again be named a Top Workplace in southeast Wisconsin. For the past three years we have made the list. We hope that all of our employees share the feeling that was expressed by this employee: “I am heard. I am supported in new activities. My efforts and work are recognized.”
Restoration of the Kinnickinnic River Corridor – a neighborhood where thousands of Sixteenth Street patients live, was honored to be a finalist for a MANDI award – Milwaukee Area Neighborhood Development and Innovation. See the terrific video from the MANDI awards ceremony held this week. The video chronicles a project, launched nearly ten years ago, from … Continued
You may remember that we welcomed Dr. Brian Hilgeman to our staff just about a year ago, and that Dr. Hilgeman served as an AmeriCorps member and TRIUMPH resident at Sixteenth Street as he grew into a practicing physician. Three cheers for programs that encourage physicians to share their compassion and expertise at Community Health Centers
Mayor Tom Barrett and Alderman José Perez announced that our Pulaski Park neighborhood is one of only three neighborhoods in Milwaukee to join the Target Investment Neighborhood Program, which is intended to increase property values and owner occupancy, while improving appearance and quality of life in the neighborhood.
Every year spanish students from Whitnall HS run a donation drive for baby supplies and personal care items for our Parenting Resource Center. Fox6News was there to cover the students as they dropped off the items, and record the wonderful interaction between students and the new Mom’s who benefit from this program.
Sixteenth Street is proud to have received not one, but two Healthy Wisconsin Partnership Program (HWPP) grants. HWPP is a prestigious funding entity that is dedicated to improving health through community partnerships with the academic staff at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Grants, charitable contributions and gifts are part of the patchwork of support that enables … Continued
