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How Milwaukee’s Giant Anti-Poverty Agency Unraveled: Weak Controls, Little Oversight

September 28, 2024

State, county and city agencies awarded the Social Development Commission big contracts even after it eliminated internal auditing mechanisms. By Addie Costello Wisconsin Watch and WPR The … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Addie Costello, Financial Mismanagement, Head Start, SDC Shutdown, Social Development Commission

Three Months Since Closing, SDC Still Owes Money

August 2, 2024

By Devin Blake and Edgar Mendez This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Devin Blake, Edgar Mendez, Social Development Commission, Wage Leins

SDC’s Inconsistent Meeting Notices Raise Transparency Concerns. Here’s What you Need to Know.

June 21, 2024

By Meredith Melland This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Meredith Melland, Michael Harper, Open Meetings Law, Social Development Commission

The SDC has Not Paid its Former Employees. Now They Seek Answers.

May 25, 2024

By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Devin Blake, Jautone Ferguson, Paychecks Owed, Social Development Commission, William Sulton

Here’s What We Know Three Weeks After the SDC’s Closing

May 17, 2024

By Meredith Melland Many questions remain since the Social Development Commission, or SDC, closed its doors in late April, halting a variety of social services and laying off employees. The SDC … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Meredith Melland, Organization Closings, Social Development Commission, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance VITA

Leaders, Community Members Weigh in on the SDC’s Shutdown

May 10, 2024

By Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Interviews, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, Organization Closings, Social Development Commission

What you Need to Know About the SDC’s Closing

May 3, 2024

By Devin Blake, PrincessSafiya Byers, Meredith Melland and Edgar Mendez This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Business Closings, Devin Blake, Edgar Mendez, Meredith Melland, PrincessSafiya Byers, Social Development Commission

Here’s What you Need to Know Now That 2 key Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in Milwaukee Have Paused Accepting Applications

July 14, 2023

By PrincessSafiya Byers This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: PrincessSafiya Byers, Rental Assistance, Social Development Commission

SDC’s New Research Arm Focuses on Poverty and Racism

December 30, 2022

By PrincessSafiya Byers This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: George Hinton, Institute on Poverty and Systemic Racism, Jennifer Harris, PrincessSafiya Byers, Social Development Commission

Social Development Commission Launching Research Project that Studies Structural Racism in Milwaukee

November 18, 2022

By Karen Stokes The Social Development Commission (SDC) is launching a research project through its newly formed Institute on Poverty and Structural Racism, that will examine the impact of … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dismantling Racism Invigorating Equity, George Hinton, Jennifer Harris, Karen Stokes, Social Development Commission

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