By Danielle Miller The Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division (BHD) received $2.6 million dollars in grants to help fund programs that assist those who suffer from opioid addiction in … [Read more...]
City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force to Hold Community Listening Sessions
Local residents asked to provide input into coordinated plan to fight opioid abuse and addiction Milwaukee – The Milwaukee City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force is issuing a … [Read more...]
Public Hearings on Proposed FTA Triennial Goal Setting on August 22nd
County Executive Abele Announces Retirement Sustainability Taskforce
MILWAUKEE – In the wake of a comprehensive examination of the County’s pension system that confirmed systemic errors spanning decades, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today … [Read more...]
Examination of Pension System Confirms Systemic Errors Span At Least Three Decades
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Employee Retirement Systems released a report from auditors at Baker Tilly, which detailed the auditors’ findings in their comprehensive examination of the … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County’s Approach to Mental Health Reform is a National Success Story
MILWAUKEE – For more than 20 years, Milwaukee County has been serving children and families with mobile crisis response services. In 2014, amid concerns about increased violence in the city … [Read more...]
ICYMI: 10 Milwaukee County Accomplishments You Should Know About
MILWAUKEE – From finally moving forward with a plan to remove the Estabrook Dam to an unprecedented jobs and economic development boom spurred by Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele Announces Mike Lappen, MS, LPC to Lead Behavioral Health Division
Lappen brings local connections, broad background in community based behavioral health care to BHD Milwaukee, WI –Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today announced Mike Lappen, MS, LPC as the … [Read more...]
Abele Emphasizes Results, Progressive Agenda in Budget Address
By Milwaukee Courier Staff When Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele took office in 2011, he inherited a county on the brink of bankruptcy. Nearly five years later, Abele is able to paint … [Read more...]
Statement from Michael Bonds & Darienne Driver On Proposal to Hand Some Schools Over to Milwaukee Co.
MILWAUKEE (May, 2015) - Today, Milwaukee Board of School Directors President Michael Bonds called a plan released by Wisconsin Republicans Dale Kooyenga and Alberta Darling to turn over the Milwaukee … [Read more...]