Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services
Shakita LaGrant-McClain
Who is the director of DHHS?
No Wrong Door/ Integrated Services and Care
What is Strategy 1 of the Future State?
New service stationed behind the Marcia P. Coggs building on 12th/Cherry that will serve residents experiencing a Behavioral Health crisis
What is the Mental Health Emergency Center (MHEC)?
New terminology used to describe subprograms (formally known as "divisions") under DHHS
What are Service Areas?
414-257-7222
What is the Crisis Line number?
Together, creating healthy communities
What is our vision for DHHS?
Population Health & System Change
What is Strategy 2 of the Future State?
This area has partnered with Community Health Clinics like 16th Street to provide on-site services
What is Behavioral Health Services outpatient?
Minimum number of panelists for a Request for Proposal (RFP) review
What is 5 panelists?
Newly integrated, the Aging Resource Center and Disability Resource Center serves individuals 18-59 with a disability, as well as older adults
What is the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)?
P.R.I.D.E. (Partnership, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Excellence)
What are our values of DHHS?
DHHS aims to achieve its Future State vision by this year
What is 2025?
Title of integrated service area made up of DHHS’ programs serving older adults and adults with different abilities, integrated in Jan 2022
What is Aging & Disabilities Services (ADS)?
15-month journey designed to build our individual and collective capacity to create equity within DHHS
What is Creating Equity Series?
Electronic resource for employees and contractors to easily locate information, updates, and tips to get us to our Future State
What is the DHHS Culture Corner?
Empowering safe, healthy and meaningful lives
What is our DHHS mission?
Re-investing upstream, developing trust, addressing root causes (and more!)
What are themes of the Future State?
Title of integrated service area made up of DHHS’ youth justice + youth disabilities programs, integrated in Jan 2022
What is Children, Youth & Family Services (CYFS)?
Number of households served by Housing’s eviction prevention program since the start of COVID
What is 11,000?
Program serving those in need of bill payment support providing the option to make an appointment online or by calling 414-270-4MKE
What is Energy Assistance?
Milwaukee County Vision
What is ‘by achieving Racial Equity, Milwaukee is the healthiest County in Wisconsin’?
Children’s Integration, Adult Integration, Racial Equity and Contracting, Enterprise Quality Assessment, Others
What are initiatives moving DHHS toward Future State?
DHHS program that quickly provides people with affordable, independent, and permanent housing
What is Housing First?
Increase (by percentage) of youths and families who were served by the Children’s Long Term Support (CLTS) program in 2021 than experienced in 2020
What is a 36% increase?
DHHS' statement of commitment to promote equity and implement strategies in ten priority areas.
What is the DHHS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion statement?