Community Partner Directory
The following community agencies have indicated interest in developing partnerships with faculty or staff from the Medical College of Wisconsin to submit project proposals to the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. These agencies have provided brief Program or Project Descriptions linked to the Health Improvement Model and have delineated general roles for potential academic partners.
This list has been developed from information gathered from online Community Partner Intake Forms, which we encourage interested partners to submit. Please note that these summary entries are for informational and networking purposes only and are not required nor are they determinants of funding or partnership.
We encourage you to review this information and initiate communication with potential community members who are eligible for partnership. Staff at the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program are available to assist you in establishing contact with potential partners. If you would like assistance, please email us with a brief description of the proposed project and ideas for the role of the community partner.
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4 Design
Menomonee Falls
Lissa Rolenc
262.432.0284
lissa@lissa4design.com
Project Interest Areas: Statewide dementia care and design programs.
16th Street Community Health Center
Milwaukee
Wina M. Zorro
414.672.1315 ext. 345
Wina.zorro@sschc.org
Project Interest Areas: Improving asthma management for Hispanic pediatric asthma patients; Hispanic health beliefs surrounding pregnancy (focus groups of immigrant Mexican OB patients); Improving diabetes management outcomes in the Hispanic community. Program would be enhanced by a local or regional partner with expertise in research, data collection/analysis; chronic disease management; community health; asthma; diabetes; obesity/healthy lifestyle.
ABC for Health
Madison
Jeremy Cusker
608.261.6939
jcusker@hotmail.com
Project Interest Areas: Access to health care and coverage for Spanish-speaking non-citizens and for African Americans. Interest in health care coverage issues an experience with outreach to minority and non-citizen populations. Expertise in pediatrics, obstetrics or family medicine in the local or regional areas of Madison would assist in the success of this program.
Abundant Life Ministry or Quality Healthcare Options, Inc.
Wauwatosa
Linda Jaskowiak
414.257.4360
ljaskowiak@qhotraining.com
Project Interest Areas: Providing health and wellness classes for low-income populations in the Milwaukee area. Healthcare training of CANs, PCWs, CMAs, CPR, Basic First Aide and dementia; working with W2 populations.
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Nan Upright-Sexton
414.475.1246
nupright@wiadopt.org
Project Interest Areas: Mental health and mental disorders; Children and adolescents; Community health improvement processes in the Milwaukee region.
Agnesian HealthCare
Tim Havican
920.926.4795
havicant@agnesian.com
Project Interest Areas: Agnesian is a regional hospital operating in a predominantly rural portion of the state with a focus on access to care for the uninsured and underserved. Particular project interests include obesity and nutrition in childhood, medication access for seniors and the indigent, patient safety with an emphasis on medication safety, palliative care, oral health care and telemedicine.
America's Second Harvest of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Susan Skibba
414.831.6326
sskibba@secondharvestwi.org
Project Interest Areas: Focuses on the effects of food and diet on obesity and diabetes for low-income individuals, including increasing the nutrition education and assistance for individuals who are unable to purchase healthy foods on their own. A local or regional partner who is knowledgeable in nutrition with an emphasis on obesity or diabetes and how they are affected by diet and proper foods would be appreciated.
Arthritis Foundation
Lori Obluck
414-321-3933
lobluck@arthritis.org
Project Interest Areas: Arthritis prevention and early detection strategies to enhance quality of life. Focusing on: access to primary and preventive health services, overweight obesity and lack of physical activity, seniors, rural, racial and ethnic populations, and uninsured populations. Capacity building and systemic programs would include community health improvement processes, public health leadership and policy, or Arthritis as the leading cause of physical disability.
Asha Family Services, Inc.
Milwaukee
Antonia A. Vann
414.875.1511
avann@ashafamilyservices.com
Project Interest Areas: Asha Family Services intends to partner with someone to spearhead the evaluation of African American men and women of the hip hop generation whose belief systems put them at higher risk for HIV/AIDS. This project would identify and examine the factors that put them at risk and would study ways to address the spread of infectious diseased among this group.
Boys and Girls Club of Oshkosh
Marc Dosogne
920.233.1414
marcd@bgco.us
Project Interest Areas: Boys and Girls Club of Oshkosh has a mission to provide children with knowledge and experience in healthy lifestyles. This project would address new concerns of obesity and childhood diabetes and conducting scientific studies of obesity and nutrition in children between the ages of six and eighteen and would be improved with a partner with expertise in the field of nutrition, weight loss, and children.
CAP Services, Inc.
Patsy Mbughuni
715.343.7513
pmbughuni@capmail.org
Project Interest Areas: CAP Services is a multi-program, non-profit community action agency serving five counties in central Wisconsin. CAP would like to partner with faculty to implement the Hispanic Health Patient Navigator Program that will assist the Hispanic population, partcularly those with limited English proficiency, to access health care by providing outreach, education, assistance with appointment scheduling, laboratory visits, linkage to to financial assitance and other local resources, and understanding of the treatment plan. The Program will be located in central Wisconsin. CAP also operates a program to improve the delivery system of home health care to seniors by forming home health care co-operatives and invites any inquiries in that area. An academic partner's role would be to assist with developing and refining the program design, monitoring the successes and shortfalls of the program, identifying program modifications as needed and developing program evaluation tools. Partners should be familiar with the Hispanic population, their strengths, health concerns and needs.
Cardinal Stritch University, Ruth S. Coleman College of Nursing
Milwaukee
Sharon Garrett
414.410.4696
slgarrett@stritch.edu
Project Interest Areas: A health promotion initiative that would establish a community nursing center at the Agape Community Center to provide access to services that are not available to uninsured or underinsured members of this community. The College of Nursing would like to collaborate with a partner having experience working with community-based partnerships and community members, having knowledge of health promotion practices, sensitivity to cultural differences, the ability to work on an interdisciplinary team, and able to integrate and implement the principles of education and practice, and a commitment to improving health of communities.
Career Youth Development, Inc.
Milwaukee
Linston Young
414.264.6888
Linston_99@yahoo.com
Project Interest Areas: Interested in developing and implementing a program targeting intentional and unintentional injuries for victims of homicide. Would like to partner locally to focus on the growing number of homicides and victims of homicide within the inner city, working with the diverse ethnic population of this targeted community and intentional and unintentional injuries.
Cedar Haven Rehabilitation Agency – Cedar Community
Lori Dominiczak
262.306.2152
Ldominiczak@cedarcommunity.org
Project Interest Areas: Fall risk identification and prevention in senior populations of Washington and Ozaukee Counties. Project would be a collaboration with Cedar Community and a partner with interests in the senior population and geriatric care to facilitate the process of identifying appropriate candidates for the program – i.e. at-risk seniors. Also to assist with collaboration among other physicians in the area in using the screening tool with patients.
Child Care Resource & Referral
Appleton
Kristy Hartman-Begun
920.734.0966
khbegun.ccrr@tds.net
Project Interest Areas: Serving children in a three-county area of Northeastern Wisconsin with technical assistance and resources for child care providers and parents; health education and on-site vision and hearing screenings; trainings and workshops; assistance in evaluation of health and safety policies; linking children and family members with community health resources; education for children, family members and child care providers about child development, mental and physical health, safety, nutrition and oral health issues. Program would benefit from an expert in pediatric health with a focus on health promotion.
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin
Wausau
Lee Shipway
715.848.1457
Lee.shipway@cssw.org
Project Interest Areas: Currently devise and enhance local services to Hmong refugees with mental health issues such as depression and PTSD, including therapy groups for domestic violence abusers of Caucasian, Hmong, and Hispanic populations. Mental health and mental disorders; domestic violence; racial and ethnic populations; community health improvement processes.
CITIES Project High School
Milwaukee
Joe O'shea
414-810-8837
joshea@yahoo.com
Project Interest Areas: The CITIES Project High School (CPHS) is a project-based, civic-minded Milwaukee Charter School serving urban youth. CPHS is interested in forming a partnership that would focus on obesity issues and the promotion of healthy eating habits among Milwaukee's youth, including menu planning, nutritional expertise and research.
City of Milwaukee Health Department
Health Commissioner
Bevan K. Baker, CHE
414-286-3521
Project Interest Areas: Home-based services, school-based services, childcare, urban design, healthcare finance, housing, food industry, asthma, lead poisoning, HIV/AIDS and STDs, infant mortality, tobacco, obesity and sedentary behavior, communicable disease, vaccine-preventable disease, terrorism or toxic emergencies, access to primary and preventive health services, environmental and occupational health hazards, high risk sexual behavior, nutrition, intentional and unintentional injuries, substance abuse and addiction, tobacco use and exposure, children and adolescents, seniors, men, women, rural, racial and ethnic populations, uninsured, disabled, heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Community Partnerships, Inc.
Thomas Wright, MD
608.250.6634 ext. 100
tom.wright@mail.commpart.org
Project Interest Areas: Mental health and mental disorders, social and economic factors that influence health, children and adolescents, racial and ethnic populations, stress related illness, community health improvement processes.
Comprehensive Health Education, Inc.
Milwaukee
Carol J. Calvin
414.272.2161
hlthedct@aol.com
Project Interest Areas: Currently implementing a peer education project among HIV positive African American adults to develop a cadre of peer educators who can move into leadership roles in agencies designed for prevention, early detection, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The prevention of transmission of HIV by helping HIV positive persons to remain on their treatment regimens is another major goal of this project. Improving their quality of life through better access to services is a third major goal. Seeking to partner with a local or regional clinic which offers treatment, social services and case management to persons living with HIV/AIDS. The partner should be interested in researching the effectiveness of peer education as a component of treatment services.
Cudahy Health Department (Fiscal Agent for the South Shore Tobacco Free Coalition)
Carol Wantuch
414.769.2239 ext. 301
wantuchc@ci.cudahy.wi.us
Project Interest Areas: The South Shore Tobacco Free Coalition is a partnership of the Health Departments of Cudahy, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee and St. Francis along with the support of St. Luke's South Shore Hospital. This Coalition has been together since 2001. This year, its priorities are to work with work sites to help them adopt a smoke-free policy within their individual establishments. The agency is also working with one high school within the Coalition to adopt and implement a smoking cessation program for youth. The Cudahy site for Seeds of Health WIC program has just implemented a Fax Back Referral Program. Agency is working with school-age children to promote clean indoor air quality. In addition, it is working toward public health policy changes related to exposure to second hand smoke. The Coalition is interested in someone who has some ties to the southeastern Milwaukee County area and would be interested in supporting the Coalition efforts, consider becoming the Coalition's spokesperson and work within the public health arena.
Danceworks, Inc.
Milwaukee
Deborah Farris
414-277-8480
dawfarris@tds.net
Project Interest Areas: Danceworks, Inc., a nonprofit multidisciplinary arts organization serving the diverse residents of the Milwaukee metro area, in partnership with Aurora Healthcare Adult Day Center (AADC), Milwaukee, is expanding its community educational residency program to include The Intergenerational Multi-Arts Project. Teaming educators and students at area public schools with Danceworks' artists and AADC staff to create a joint participatory program of integrated movement, dance and visual arts, this initiative will provide a creative outlet and a unique opportunity for diverse youth and for elders with Alzheimer's and other cognitive and physical limitations to interact. We are expanding our existing partnership team (which includes Danceworks, AADC, and Golda Meir School) to include community experts in aging, creativity, and Alzheimer's disease. With the new multigenerational focus, we feel it is also important to include on our team healthcare professionals who can offer insight into 1) the best methods for evaluating an intergenerational project, and 2) appropriate health outcomes for both the youth and elder populations.
Additional Contacts:
Dr. Sally Stanton, Grantwriter/Evaluator
Door County Public Health Department
Rhonda Kolberg
920-746-2234
rkolberg@co.door.wi.us
Project Interest Areas: The project would develop and implement a model beach health program, which could be utilized statewide, to prevent illness and maintain the health of swimmers at beaches in Door and Kewaunee Counties. Project components would include developing a preventive approach to beach closings/advisories and developing an education and outreach initiative for the general public, and an education component targeting specific stakeholder groups such as kayakers, local environmental groups, elected officials, marina staff, and others. Specific skills that would be needed in an academic partner would be the knowledge and expertise to develop public information campaigns; plan and implement evaluation activities,including surveying the public; and development of outreach materials.
FORGE
Milwaukee
Loree Cook-Daniels
414-559-2123
info@forge-forward.org
Project Interest Areas: We believe before an intervention process or focus can be designed, we need to do a comprehensive assessment of WI transgender people's health issues and access barriers; no such study exists. We work predominately with the transgender population, which includes all genders, races, ages, etc. We have partnered with many community groups and academic partners, but have not previously had a formal partnership with anyone from the medical college.
Grand Avenue Club, Inc.
Milwaukee
Rachel Forman, Ph.D.
414.276.6474
rzforman@yahoo.com
Project Interest Areas: The overarching goal of this project will be to create opportunities for the recovery and social integration for mentally ill adults. This project, a Wellness Model for Mentally Ill Adults, will emphasize improved health outcomes for Milwaukee County adults who have experienced mental illness by establishing health and wellness goals involving nutrition, regular physical exercise, weight loss, the management of diabetes and access to regular primary care. It is anticipated that this program will have a motivational component to create a structure that will enable participants to reach their wellness goals. The particular role for the academic partner will be to create a research protocol involving a control group and meaningful comparisons, and an on-site (at Grand Avenue Club) data collection system that will directly involve our members. Grand Avenue Club is especially interested in a partner with strong interest in publishing the results of the project.
Additional Contact:
Kay Jansen, MSN, RN
College of Nursing / UWM
414.940.5248
kayjansen3@yahoo.com
Grant County Department of Social Services
Lancaster
Suzanne Bottum-Jones
608-723-2136
fallpreventionproject@grantdss.com
Project Interest Areas: At Grant County Department of Social Services we are at the initial stages of planning a community-based Senior Safe and Fit program to help reduce the incidence of falls and injuries in our rural elderly population. We are focusing not only on those currently at high risk of falls but are also setting our goals to have an inter-generational impact on the prevention of falls in the future. We believe strongly in a family centered solution to this issue with special concern for our majority agricultural-based population. We are looking for academic partners that have an interest in safety and prevention of falls in rural elderly. We will also be developing a longitudinal impact study with this project and would be looking for academic partners that will bring skills and expertise in this research capacity.
Greater Milwaukee Free Clinic
West Allis
George Schneider
414.456.1130
Schneidg98@yahoo.com
Project Interest Areas: An all-volunteer and free clinic in West Allis that treats low income, working, uninsured people who do not qualify for any other type of care. Perceive a need for increased, low-cost services to diabetics and hypertensives in the metro Milwaukee area.
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan, Inc.
Sheboygan
Mai L. Lee
920.458.0808
mailor@hmaaweb.org
Project Interest Areas: Expansion of a current health program that serves to expand the capacity of local healthcare providers to deliver culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare services to the Hmong and minority population in Sheboygan County, including education of the Hmong/minorities on healthcare issues and concerns to strengthen the relationship between clients and healthcare providers.
Homewatch CareGivers of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Karen Balke
414.327.8794
kbalke@sbcglobal.net
Project Interest Areas: Access to primary and preventive health services, environmental and occupational health hazards, nutrition, social and economic factors that influence health, seniors, disabled, heart disease, cancer, stroke, intentional and unintentional injuries, dementia, community and health improvement processes, sufficient and competent workforce.
Hope House of South Central Wisconsin, Inc.
Baraboo
Beverly Simonds
608.356.9123
Hopehouse1@jvlnet.com
Project Interest Areas: Agency provides domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy and is looking for a regional partner to provide better screening tools and model health care policies and practices to connect women to services. The partnership will focus on violence against women, the fears and health care screening tools available, and ideas for improved practices. Service area includes Sauk, Columbia, Adams, Juneau, and Marquette Counties.
Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Ken Barbeau
414.286.2905
kbarbe@hacm.org
Project Interest Areas: Agency provides housing to over 10,000 households in the city of Milwaukee through public housing, affordable housing, and rent assistance voucher programs. We have partnered for over 8 years with the Medical College's Center for Healthy Communities in a variety of public health programs designed to improve the quality of life and health of our residents. One example has been the successful Community Health Advocate program which trained residents in five public housing highrises in health and leadership topics so that they could become peer advocates in the community.
Images of Us Sports (IOU Sports)
Bernell Hooker
414.393.0773
info@iousports.org
Project Interest Areas: Interested in developing and implementing a program targeting girls ages 8-18 on how asthma effects and is relevant to Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, Asthma; Social and economic factors that influence health; and lack of physical activity. We would like to partner locally to focus on the growing number of girls who are not physically active within the inner city, working with the diverse ethnic population of this targeted community and educate this population on the importance of physical activity to reduce asthma and obesity through sports.
Impact, Inc.
Duncan M. Shrout
414-256-4813
dshrout@impactinc.org
Project Interest Areas: Interested in implementing alcohol screening services to community-based medical settings such as primary care or public health clinics. Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral is a proven practice that is very effective at identifying patients who are using alcohol excessively. There are specific evidenced-based brief intervention practices that are effective at reducing moderate to high risk drinking behavior.
Interfaith Caregiving Network, Inc.
Kathy Gale
262.549.3348 ext. 222
galekathy@hotmail.com
Project Interest Areas: Interfaith Caregiving Network, Inc. is an established, nonprofit organization that brings an understanding of issues that face seniors and is interested in developing screening tools and training for a volunteer workforce that serves 700+ seniors and adults with disabilities each year. Previous partnership experience involved collaboration with physicians specializing in geriatrics to identify early, undiagnosed dementia in seniors throughout Waukesha County.
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
Brookfield
Cindy Kabacinski
262.373.7699
cindyk@ifebp.org
Project Interest Areas: Education for employer plan sponsors in the effective design, administration and communication of health benefit plans; education for health plan participants and beneficiaries in areas of wellness, prevention, disease management and healthy lifestyles; implementation and measurement of health plan interventions to improve health status of workers and reduce health plan costs. Link to web site: http://www.ifebp.org
Islamic Family and Social Services, Inc.
Milwaukee
Waheedah al-Amin
414.462.4697
islamifss@sbcglobal.net
Project Interest Areas: Refugee education on preventive healthcare; Healthy marriage and family support in the local or regional areas of Milwaukee.
Jewish Community Center
Harriet Rothman
414.967.8239
hrothman@jccmilwaukee.org
Project Interest Areas: The Jewish Community Center is a social recreational and fitness facility with infant/childcare, senior programs and fitness, after school programs, currently partners with a local hospital for physical therapy, with Children's Hospital for a camp for children with cancer, with arthritis aerobics, and a senior fitness and fun program. Would like to work with expanse of population ages on programs to improve health, fitness, obesity, protection from cancer, stroke. Has the ability to reach large numbers of people and children at all ages and a facility that includes a pool, track, exercise machines and weight training, personal trainers, educators, dietician, fitness instructors and degreed professionals in education, fitness, kinesthetic, and social work in a large community-based facility.
Jewish Family Services
Milwaukee
Sylvan Leabman
414.225.1343
sleabman@jfsmilw.org
Project Interest Areas: Providing case management to non English speakers to include access to medical care, including psychiatric services, transportation and advocacy and new resources to serve the non English speaking population. This partnership would serve to link the Medical College to Jewish Family Services staff in a program to provide comprehensive medical and psychological services to non English speaking populations in the Milwaukee region.
Kindcare, Inc.
Milwaukee
Robert Glowacki
414.571.5566
bobglowacki@kindcare.org
Project Interest Areas: Kindcare, Inc. has assisted the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in training pediatric residents. Kindcare has provided training on values and in understanding a family that is led by an individual with disabilities. Kindcare would like to do outreach to families where the head of household has a disability and to service providers for individuals with disabilities. Kindcare wants to create approaches that allow people with disabilities to access healthcare, programs that reduce their susceptibility to heart disease and other chronic conditions. Kindcare has a well-trained staff that provides community services on a regular basis, including specialists working with families, mental health disorders and in recreational involvement. Kindcare is looking to create a partnership that will assist in compiling research and guidelines for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers.
Knupp & Watson
Erica St. Angel
608.232.2300
esa@knupp-watson.com
Project Interest Areas: Knupp & Watson specializes in social marketing, the planning and implementation of programs designed to bring about social change. For 19 years, Knupp & Watson has conducted public information and education campaigns using commercial marketing elements for local, state, regional and national non-profit and public sector clients. Topics that have been addressed through social marketing and outreach include adoption; public health risks associated with open burning; anti-smoking; bio terrorism preparedness; child abuse; diabetes control; domestic violence and sexual assault; drug and alcohol risks during pregnancy; elder abuse; emergency medical services; health insurance for low-income families, people with disabilities, and the elderly; Hepatitis C; HIV/AIDS; injury prevention; lead poisoning; minority health; organ donation; prescription drugs for seniors; tobacco sales compliance; developmental disabilities, independent and assisted living; West Nile virus; women's health, breast cancer, osteoporosis. Knupp & Watson hopes to be a resource for community or faculty partners looking to create public awareness and influence social behaviors that benefit their target audiences and society as a whole. Link to web-site: www.knupp-watson.com
La Casa de Esperanza
Lee Wipfli
262.928.4402
lwipfli@lacasadeesperanza.org
Project Interest Areas: Aligning agency projects with partners who may bring expertise in racial/ethnic disparities, implementation and development, communicable diseases and improved health models and policy as it relates to Latino populations.
La Causa, Inc.
Milwaukee
Staci Hansen
414.647.5971
stacyih@lacausa.org
Project Interest Areas: The exploration of a network of Milwaukee area children and youth sports programs to proceed with an effective evaluation process of determining the role of activity in diminishing obesity and health related concerns. Program could benefit from a partner with expertise in issues related to overweight and inactivity, social and economic factors that influence health, children and adolescents, sports medicine, and nutrition.
La Crosse Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, Inc.
Denis L. Tucker
608.781.5744
Denis.tucker.LHMAA@centurytel.net
Project Interest Areas: High risk sexual behavior, mental health and mental disorders, social and economic factors that influence health, tobacco use and exposure, children and adolescents, seniors, men, women, rural, urban, racial and ethnic populations, heart disease, cancer stroke, intentional and unintentional injuries, community health improvement processes, sufficient and competent workforce, public health leadership and policy.
Lakeview Medical Center
(715) 236-6207
mlejnek.char@lakeviewmedical.org
Project Interest Areas: Access to primary and preventive health services, women, death and disability, intentional and unintentional injuries, capacity building and systemic programs, Community healthi mprovement processes. Looking to strengthen our SANE program in our community and to surrounding rural communities. Law enforcement, hospital SANE nurses, DA's coordinator for victim/witness, Barron County Domestic Abuse Program are collarborating to look at how the infrastructure of the program can be strengthen. We would be able to meet the needs for northwest Wisconsin with providing a program that is not in place in this particular region.
Lao Family Community, Inc.
Milwaukee
Dorie Steffen
414.385.3380
djsteffen@aol.com
Project Interest Areas: Elder/Senior care and health promotion; Access to primary and preventive health services; Community health improvement processes, primarily for Hmong and Lao refugees in the Greater Milwaukee area. Participating partners should be interested in and respectful of Southeast Asian and multicultural issues.
Lawrence University
Appleton
Mark R. Jenike
920.832.6717
mark.jenike@lawrence.edu
Project Interest Areas: Biological Anthropologist interested in nutrition research. Focused on evaluating nutrition policy and curriculum in the Appleton Area School District and promoting greater nutritional health in the Fox Valley region.
Leed Child Enrichment Center
Saukville
Lisa Lecher
leedchildenrichment@yahoo.com
Project Interest Areas: Providing low income parents and staff with access to affordable medical treatment. Preventing the onset of communicable diseases and sick care for our local schools and parents of Ozaukee County. An academic partner would give a great deal of research information to the facility. Assist in research of of communicable diseases. Give statistical information on the geographical area, i.e. low income households, health risks to communicable diseases, etc.
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee
Lisa Foley
414.727.5352
lfoley@lasmilwaukee.com
Project Interest Areas: Legal Aid Society helps victims of domestic violence, people who are HIV positive or people who are homeless with legal issues including unlawful evictions, predatory lending practices, and discrimination. This project hopes to establish a relationship with a clinic serving low-income individuals of Milwaukee County. Legal Aid Society would like to have office hours to provide free legal services to poor patients at the Downtown Health Center, the MCW/Westside HealthCare Project and the Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured. Ideally, an attorney from the Legal Aid Society would be in each of the clinics for a half day per week. A partner would advise about whether there might be a questionnaire that each patient would fill out prior to each visit, or if the attorney would simply be available to anyone in need of their time.
LUMIN: Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative
Lori Schuerman
Milwaukee
lschuerman@tds.net
Project Interst Areas: LUMIN (Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative)is a faith-based ministry started with the premise that many parochial school and parish systems within the urban community have missed the mark and in order to be effective, we need to be thinking outside the box of what educational processes and ministries have been done in the past. Funding is been sought to incorporate a multi-disciplinary health assessment at the beginning of the school year 2006; evaluating its direct impact on the educational process in a prek-8 school; and, implementing this model as we open the central city school in 2007. Current collaborations include Concordia Nursing and Social Services Departments addressing utilization of the OT/PT, Nursing, Social work programs and a dentist who will also be involved. Concordia University Education program is very involved in the development of a culturally relevant curriculum for our program and will provide assistance for this grant in the development of an assessment tool of health impact in the classroom. Currently seeking an MCW partner or partner group who would assist in organizing opportunities for medical students to participate in health fair or student health assessments in medically underserved urban areas in Milwaukee and to round out the services and assessment capabilities. The partner would be interested in inter-disciplinary healthcare opportunities in conducting assessments. This may also include health education, addressing health concerns indigenous to various community populations and cultures.
Mahala's Hope, Inc.
Sandy Hardie
920-477-2101
sjhardie@dotnet.com
Project Interest Areas: Mahala’s Hope encompasses a multiphase plan culminating in operation of a residential AODA treatment facility focusing on women ages 14-24 and their children. We are ready to implement Phase 1, the day treatment component. We seek partnerships with medical professionals, open to alternative treatment approaches, who are interested in young female addicts and alcoholics and fetal alcohol syndrome, and willing to help with trial design. While many of our approaches have been tested separately, no one has combined them to see the impact of synergy in the recovery process. Some components include equine assisted therapy, nutritional support, yoga, and visual arts. With emphasis on treating the whole person, a trauma-trained therapist can assist with sexual or domestic abuse issues while all staff deal with substance abuse.
Madison Department of Public Health
Kathryn N. Vedder
608.266.5821
kvedder@cityofmadison.com
Project Interest Areas: Will need expertise in 1) training community residents to help perform community assessments, 2) develop methodology for health status assessment for neighborhoods, both for information and for evaluation purposes and 3) help in data analysis in at least five communities with disparities in health status.
Mantiowoc County Human Services Dept.
Nancy Randolph
Manitowoc
920-683-4337
nancyrandolph@co.manitowoc.wi.us
Project Interest Area: To create a community based facility to assist persons with mental health diagnoses in Manitowoc County. The primary emphasis of the program is to develop a collaborative relationship between participants, staff and community that encourages participants to choose, pursue and achieve quality of life goals. The goals would be in the areas of housing, finances, social, education, employment, substance abuse and medical care. We will utilize existing programs such as The Village Integrated Services, Yahara House, and Grand Avenue Club as models. Currently seeking an academic partner with interest and expertise in the mental health community and health related issues and familiarity with the mentioned programs and /or the Wisconsin PACT (Program of Assertve Community Treatment) program to provide support, understanding of various systems and make recommendations for creating a better mental health system for our community.
Additional Contacts:
June Schulz, MCHSD, 920-683-4989, juneschulz@co.manitowoc.wi.us
Linae Haefele, MCHSD, 920-683-4275, linaehafele@co.manitowoc.wi.us
Milwaukee Christian Center
Jennifer Evans
414.645.5350 ext. 109
jevans@mccwi.org
Project Interest Areas: The bilingual staff at MCC provides nutrition services, educational programs, crisis intervention and case management services to seniors who are Southeast Asian refugees. MCC would like to research the needs of this demographic, plan and develop
culturally competent educational resources, facilitate access to mental health services, and provide on-site support services. Partners with expertise in mental health issues of the aged and/or refugee populations, and an interest in working with ethnic minorities can assist MCC staff in planning, developing, and evaluating appropriate tools for serving this community.
Milwaukee County Department on Aging
Linda Cieslik
414.289.6633
lcieslik@milwaukeecounty.com
Project Interest Areas: Are interested in partnering on any community-based health, wellness and prevention initiatives focused on older adults. Will support research efforts that include programs and activities that benefit the senior population. Will also coordinate the State funded "Family Care" Care Management (long term care) program that serves another 6,000 elders in need of medical or supportive home care. One of many possibilities for projects is one that would transform the way seniors access behavioral health interventions in the community. Establishing a trusting relationship with a behavioral health professional in a non threatening familiar environment such as a senior center would be a key factor in the encouragement to seek more formal interventions for behavioral health issues. Agency would like to explore ways to develop this program and evaluate its impact. Are also seeking ways to make the resident experience more robust. Currently residents simply shadow a social service worker to learn about department services. Partner role: directing research and evaluation; program planning support; professional expertise in focus area; opportunities for faculty to conduct applied research on elders in the community.
Milwaukee Public Theatre
Barbara Leigh
414.347.1685
milwaukeepublictheatre@hotmail.com
Project Interest Areas: Milwaukee Public Theatre has programs (performances, workshops and arts residencies) that deal with health issues in areas of ATODA, STD's, violence, mental illness, Alzheimer's Disease/dementia and disability. Partnerships would focus on: 1) Interactive Theatre performance workshops that deal with health issues vital to youth in the MIlwaukee community, such as ATODA, gun violence and STD's; 2) Exciting and innovative curriculum for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's Disease/dementia--"In the Moment"; 3) Cooperation with Transitional Living Services to develop a touring production with people with mental illness to help dispel fear and stereotypes. A partner would ideally provide the program with expertise in researching, reviewing and evaluating our scripts and performance material.
Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation (MTEF)
Jay Massart
(414) 442-8195
jmassart@execpc.com
Project Interest Areas: Our goal is to develop our "TEAM" Program into a delivery and instruction vehicle concerning health, nutrition, and fitness for underpriveledged youth in central city Milwaukee. TEAM currently runs year round at 5 sites in Milwaukee and has over 3,000 children participating in its tennis, academic tutoring, and life skills curiculum.
Milwaukee Urban Gardens, Inc.
Deb Ridgway
414.431.1585
deb@mugwi.org
Project Interest Areas: Milwaukee Urban Gardens is interested in forming a partnership to focus on the physical and spiritual impacts of gardens and green space and their effects on positively impacting the quality of life for individuals, including valuable access to healthy, nutritious fruits and vegetables as well as physical activity for all ages.
Milwaukee Urban League
Shirley Sharp
414.374.5850 ext. 133
kpearson@tmul.org
Project Interest Areas: Community-based expertise that provides resource referrals, direction, and information to residents in need of access to medical professionals, social workers, and advice and counsel on HIV/AIDS. Program will focus on African American heterosexual women and teens engaged in or exposed to high-risk sexual behavior. Partner would provide technical assistance and feedback in planning and program design, resulting in the development of a curriculum that guides training of health advocates.
Modjeska Youth Theatre Company
Milwaukee
Judy Smith
262/695-3369
jsmith105@wi.rr.com
Project Interest Areas: The Modjeska Youth Theatre program develops youth at risk who rely on our nurturing but high demanding program to give stability in their lives and empower them to make good choices (Creative Choice-Making). The program is a highly successful preventative program, and demands youth commit to no drugs, no alcohol and no crime during the 10-weeks as well, they must focus on grades. Creating the model by which this program works and validating its effectiveness with the target market (ages 6 to 20 years old from local Milwaukee communities) is the research we are working on presently. This could then become a national model used to influence youth in many areas of their lives - including healthy choices like physical activities (dance), obesity (good eating habits) and developing a sense of worth (keeping them from things that distract like drugs). Seeking an academic partner to assist with understanding the implications of preventative measures and mental empowerment of youth and their families (as a support system). Also seeking Drug counselor, psychiatrist, social worker, or faculty who are studying youth-at-risk issues (environmental factors and their separate issues) that will augment the committee's present membership - communications researcher, strategic planner, evaluator for social effectiveness and legal aid to youth/social workers.
Additional Contact: Diane Johnson, Artistic Director at 414/384-4550.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Waukesha
Ann Day
262.524.8886
namiwauk@aol.com
Project Interest Areas: Mental health and mental disorders, Persons with mental illness and their families, Suicide prevention, Community health improvement processes, Local public education about mental illness and the resources available for individuals and families affected by it.
Oneida County Health Department
Rhinelander
Linda Conlon
715.369.6111
lconlon@co.oneida.wi.us
Project Interest Areas: To plan and implement a three-county initiative to increase physical activity and improve nutrition.
Prevent Child Abuse Waupaca
Marilyn Herman
715-258-6225
marilyn.herman@ces.uwex.edu
Project Interest Areas: "Prevent Child Abuse Waupaca" has expanded its Family Resource Center facility and available hours to the public. We are looking toward a partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin to improve our community outreach; partnering with other local and state initiatives to build capacity and pilot testing new program delivery models or curriculum that address child abuse issues and community attitudes toward child abuse in a rural setting.
Spanish Center of Racine, Kenosha and Walworth Inc.
Ben Ortega
262-657-2160
Spanishcenter@wi.rr.com
The proposal will cover a tri-county area, Racine, Kenosha and Walworth Counties. Partners will assist in the overall interpretation and analisis of information and data gathered as to pre and postnatal care in the Latino community and access to health care. Project role will entail the referral process of potential participants into the prenatal care and access to health care project. Partners will provide screenings and evaluations of participants and evaluate effectiveness of an overall network of participating agencies and organizations.
St. Catherine Residence
Milwaukee
Lynne J. Oehlke
414.272.8470
ljo@stcatherineresidence.org
Project Interest Areas: Providing women's health information and promoting healthy behaviors for local women, especially women with behavioral and other health challenges. St. Catherine Residence would like to partner with a nutritionist and expert in models of healthy lifestyles to design and implement a health, wellness, nutrition program for women - many of whom have a diagnosed mental illness for which they take medications.
T.E. Brennan Company
Milwaukee
Arvid R. "Dick" Tillmar
414.271.2232
atillmar@div-ins.com
Project Interest Areas: T.E Brennan Company, has had over the years numerous assignments/relationships with the Medical College risk management and employee benefit programs, also working closely with Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital providing the same expertise over the years. This firm has been active in the community as is interested in healthier Wisconsin citizens although our focus/expertise has been with employers for sponsored incentive programs to motivate employees to take action/responsibility for better personal health. T.E. Brennan Company is currently a consultant to the Medical College and Froedtert on their proposed "Lifestyle" benefit program for employees, working in conjunction with Dr. Rich Lofgren and Dr. David Severance as well as others associated with the Lifestyle program.
United Community Center
Milwaukee
Jacqueline Harcourt
414.384.3100
jharcourt@unitedcc.org
Project Interest Areas: UCC proposes to create a state of the art research, diagnostic and services facility for Latinos with dementia-related disorders. Little research is available on the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's among Latinos. The research and treatment opportunities provided through this program can be replicated and implemented nationally. Continued growth in the Latino community will result in an increasingly aging population requiring culturally competent service providers. UCC is best equipped to implement this project because the model already exists in the organization. This program offers many opportunities for collaborative efforts and partnerships between public and private entities. Latinos now make up the largest minority population in the United States. With this growth, disparities between Hispanics, and other minority groups and Caucasians has become more prevalent. Culture, language, education, income and bias all play a role in causes for the disparities. To address this issue, UCC proposes to lead the effort to bring about systemic change that will help to shape the research, education and delivery of services that affects the Latino population as it pertains to the elderly, particularly those identified with neurological disorders. We propose the development of the Latino Geriatric Center.
United Refugee Services of Wisconsin
Jane Xhilone
608.256.6400
janexhilone@tds.net
Project Interest Areas: United Refugee Services of WI, the primary agency for the local Hmong, Lao and Cambodian refugee and immigrant population in Dane County has bilingual, bicultural staff who regularly assist clients in accessing local providers, especially health care. URSW is currently convening local health care providers to review health education outreach activities to this population, and planning to undertake a health needs' assessment during the summer, funded through the WI Dept. of Health and Family Services/Minority Health office. Its purpose is to develop bilingual and culturally appropriate health education and prevention information to the community URSW has been serving for 20 years now. URSW would like to develop and implement bilingual/culturally appropriate health education and prevention programming for local Hmong, Lao and Cambodian refugee and immigrant populations, and take a lead role in sharing these with other similar Hmong/Lao and Cambodian support agencies across Wisconsin. United Refugee Services staff has well established connections with the local and statewide Hmong, Lao and Cambodian refugee and immigrant population. Its bilingual, bicultural staff regularly assists with interpretation support and case management support for clients accessing area medical services and URSW has offered some health related education services to adults, youth and seniors. It can open doors to the community and needs skilled/qualified health educators to collaborate to provide health education information to this population.
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Dr. Janis T. Eells
414.229.5405
jells@uwm.edu
Project Interest Areas: Photobiomodulation in the treatment of retinal injury and disease, in collaboration with Dr. Harry T. Whelan (Neurology) and Dr. Margaret Wong-Riley (Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy).
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Health Sciences
Timothy B. Patrick, PhD
tp5@uwm.edu
Project Interest Areas: I would like to develop a Wisconsin MedlinePlus GoLocal project. The MedlinePlus GoLocal projects are intended to improve access to health information for the general public in a meaningful way. The GoLocal projects link healthcare information in MedlinePlus to location and accessibility information about services providers in the local community. An academic partner for the Wisconsin MedlinePlus GoLocal project would be a faculty member interested in consumer health informatics, or a faculty member interested in increasing the lay public's access to healthcare by improving their access to healthcare information.
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Department of Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Gary L. Williams
414.229.5566
glw@uwm.edu
Project Interest Areas: Program would be enhanced by a partner able to collect longitudinal data to track progress on addressing health disparities by race and ethnicity, evaluate data and make recommendations for addressing disparities focusing on multicultural health issues, and assist in the research component while UWM provides technical assistance and grant-writing.
Viterbo University
Bobbie Wilson
608-796-3075
bawilson@viterbo.edu
Project Interest Areas: Viterbo University School of Nursing currently partners with La Crosse County and with the La Crosse Salvation Army to provide screening and prevention services to the homeless and the uninsured. We seek to expand services to, and partner with, the health departments of three contiguous counties in rural western Wisconsin. Emphasis will be on access to care, education/prevention services, and best practices in self-management of chronic disease. We seek a partner with expertise in some or all of these: public health, prevention strategies, chronic disease self-management, program quality assurance and assessment, program replication & dissemination.
West CAP
Thomas Quinn
715-265-4538 (327)
tquinn@wcap.org
Project Interest Areas: West CAP offers a range of community-based programs and services for low income families and communities in west central Wisconsin. Our Family Table project will develop, implement and evalaute a pilot for a shared meal preperation program that will increase access to healthy and nutritious foods for low income familes. To the degree possible, the project will connect with local food producers. The project will borrow elements from the sucessful "meal preperation" businesses that serve busy people who want to use batch processing to prepare higher quality meals for home use. The project will provide clear economic incentives to participating families, as well as a social opportunity to learn about the importance of good nutrition and family meal times as a positive influence on healthy behaviors and attitudes. A range of community partners will assist the project
Western Racine County Health Department
Cheryl Mazmanian
262.763.4931
Cheryl.mazmanian@aurora.org
Project Interest Areas: Access to primary and preventive health services; Communicable diseases; Environmental and occupational health hazards; High risk sexual behavior; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Mental health and mental disorders; Nutrition; Overweight, obesity, and lack of physical activity; Social and economic factors that influence health; Substance abuse and addiction; Tobacco use and exposure; Children and adolescents; Seniors; Men; Women; Rural; Urban; Racial and ethnic populations; Uninsured; Disabled; Heart disease; Cancer; Stroke; Intentional and unintentional injuries; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Community health improvement processes; Sufficient and competent workforce; Public health leadership and policy; Statewide, regional and local areas.
Wisconsin Abstinence Coalition
Milwaukee
Sally Ladky
414-351-6598
director@wiabco.org
Project Interest Areas: We plan to introduce the Quinceanera Mentoring Program for girls, 11-15, and their parents. Created using a strong theoretical framework, the program respects the Hispanic culture and values, strengthens protective factors for high risk sexual behavior, and acclimates families to American culture as they mentor teens to become responsible, healthy, educated women active in their communities. Unwed pregnancy and STI/HIV prevention are major health issues addressed. An academic partner would provide medical expertise in the area of female reproduction, STI, and HIV, be supportive of researching the impact of the abstinence until marriage approach as a primary prevention, and interested in a program which involves the family in teen mentoring as a protective factor for high risk sexual behavior. The academic partner would also work with us to develop ways to generate support among medical personnel serving the state's Hispanic community which could involve Cessation model training.
Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Inc.
James H. Schultz
414.933.2338
exec_dir@wiscosh.org
Project Interest Areas: WisCOSH, Inc. is currently working on a grant with the Department of Public Health to produce training materials for community and faith-based outreach organizations. The materials produced would be available nation-wide from the Internet and customizable by each organization to fit the particular hazards faced by the workers at each work site. WisCOSH is seeking a partnership with an academic partner with the ability to perform research and provide information as to the range and seriousness of workplace injury and occupational illness in Wisconsin's geographically and economically different regions along with a breakdown on differing languages spoke in these areas so as to identify any needed translation of materials to increase propogation of information among ethnic minorities.
Wisconsin Community Services, Inc.
Milwaukee
Stephen B. Swigart
414.290.0420
sswigart@wiscs.org
Project Interest Areas: One program idea that is being pursued is an on-site medical services office at the WCS outpatient mental health clinic for 385 chronically mentally ill. This would include nurses & doctors to work with on-site case managers, pharmacy and psychiatrists who serve a low-income, urban population. A second program idea is to work with the WCS outpatient community-based AODA center with a multi-level approach including services and/or research, possibly even a methadone lab, which WCS already operates. WCS would like to partner with a General Practitioner who has interest in providing basic medical care for low-income, chronically mentally ill to work closely with WCS clinical psychiatrists for holistic treatment and/or an addictionologist or someone with an interest in addictions to explore experimental medical interventions and patterns of addictions.
Wisconsin Farm Center, WI DATCP
Madison
Kathy Schmitt
608.224.5048
schmikm@chorus.net
Project Interest Areas: Wisconsin has operated a behavioral health service program focused on the farm population since 1999. The program offers services in the form of mental health counseling vouchers; training for farm families in recognizing signs of stress, accessing local resources, and improving family communication; training for professionals in farm culture, recognizing signs of stress in farmers, and making referrals, and farm family communication. The program would like to work toward integrating mental health into the primary care setting in rural areas and addressing the needs of farmers and other rural residents who either are uninsured or have such high deductibles and co-pays that they would not be seeking mental health services. This program would be enhanced by a partner who can work with a group toward consensus decision making and is actively engaged in the process of designing the project and providing and evaluation component to the project.
Wisconsin Institute for Public Health, Inc.
Sauk City
Susan Garman
(608) 643-0686
wifphi@verizon.net
Project Interest Areas: The mission of the Wisconsin Institute for Public Health, Inc. (WIPH) is to conduct research activities and publication of findings, provide health surveillance activities, develop and distribute educational programs and materials, and to promote the health of Wisconsin residents. WIPH is currently involved in several statewide health programs and initiatives. WIPH is currently partnering with several UW campuses, nonprofit organizations, rural hospitals, and local/state public health departments to write federal and foundation grants. These grant applications focus on health education and health research topic areas. WIPH would like to work with academic partners on health education and health research programs.
Worksite Health Services, Inc.
Milwaukee
Marion R. Walton
414.282.7222
mwalton@execpc.com
Project Interest Areas: Empowering home health care workers to recognize and control hazards to self and their clients to prevent injury, illness, and premature death. Training long-term care managers and workers to recognize and control environmental respirable bio-hazards to prevent acute and chronic lung disease and premature death. (e.g., Tb, SARs, pneumonia, influenza). Fall prevention in the home and in the workplace. Partnership should be based upon a shared passion for empowering others with health and safety information and training that positively changes or saves lives.