MILWAUKEE AGENCIES

 *Please note: this is a partial list of resources available in the Milwaukee area. The programs listed here are good places to start, and can direct people to further services in our area.
 
Emergency Shelter Coordinated Entry call 211

St. Ben’s Community Meal 
1004 N. 10th St, Milwaukee WI 53233
(414) 271-0135
(showers, laundry, haircuts, glasses, information about resources available here)

House of Peace
1702 W. Walnut St, Milwaukee WI 53205
(414) 933-1300 

Capuchin Community Services 
[email protected]

Hope House
2019 W. Orchard St, Milwaukee WI 53204
hopehousemke.org

Street Angels
​https://www.streetangelsmke.org/

ARTICLES

National Public Radio
Despite Increased Spending Homeless up 12% in Los Angeles County 6/4/2019

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
​City's Complex Housing Issues Discussed at On The Table Dinner 10/19/2017
In 2017, I was invited by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to host a group for On the Table. The networking we experienced there led to the relationship I formed with the staff at St. Ben’s, and helped me launch my Homeless MKE writing project.

JSOnline
Homeless Advocate Decries Tent City 6/28/2019
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JSOnline
Milwaukee is First Stop on 'Evicted' Exhibit Tour
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JSOnline
Vet Saved Addicts, Not Himself
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BOOKS

VIDEO

CBS 58 Milwaukee: Homeless encampment has become "unsafe," Milwaukee Downtown says

KOMO News, Seattle (sent to me by the Capuchins, who expressed concerns that this is what would happen if Milwaukee didn’t have the services it does)