By Karen Stokes Good news for Milwaukee. According to the latest CDC report, in the last 10 years, the average teen birth rate in Milwaukee has dropped more than 54 percent compared to … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Public Schools’ Students Get Free Books; Chance to Create Their Own Home Libraries
My Very Own Library, Scholastic Book Fairs and United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County team-up to support literacy effort at 10 MPS schools On December 9, Kluge Elementary School … [Read more...]
Stop Summer Slide! United Way Summer Reading Partnership Kicks Off
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Over the summer, children can lose 2-3 months of reading skills learned during the school year. To help combat this “summer slide” United Way of … [Read more...]
United Way awards $70,000 in grants to increase Healthy Birth Outcomes
Initiative aims to reduce infant mortality in Milwaukee United Way of Greater Milwaukee has awarded a total of $70,000 in funds to two local agencies as part of its Healthy Birth Outcomes Initiative … [Read more...]
The Teen Birth Rate for Blacks in Milwaukee drops 55 percent in six years
Dramatic drop led to an overall 50 percent decrease In early 2008, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, United Way of Greater Milwaukee, the City of Milwaukee Health Department, and the Center for Urban … [Read more...]
The Talk
By Nicole Angresano Vice President, Community Impact, United Way of Greater Milwaukee Parenting is tough work. My son is 6 years old, and in the first grade. It seems as if our time together, … [Read more...]
Understanding infant death and infant mortality in Milwaukee
Gone Too Soon: Healthy Babies Need Healthy Communities A Special Series By Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families The excitement of wondering what favorite color a precious baby will … [Read more...]
Working together to save babies
Nicole Angresano Vice President, Community Impact United Way of Greater Milwaukee Every year, Milwaukee families suffer the unimaginable loss of a baby before his or her first birthday. This … [Read more...]
You can – and must – talk
By Nicole Angresano Vice president Community Impact United Way of Greater Milwaukee My son is 5 years old. Well, 5 ¾, actually—he’s at an age where every extra month counts. He is the cherry on … [Read more...]
Get the conversation started during “Let’s Talk Month”
By Nicole Angresano Vice president, Community Impact, United Way of Greater Milwaukee Is there anything parents look forward to more than talking to their children about SEX? I mean, I don’t know … [Read more...]