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Washington Park Community Center photo
link
HomeSource
- 3701
West Lisbon [location
map] - 344-4142; fax 344-5717.
The HomeSource Center is a home supply warehouse
that solicits donations of new building
materials and then distributes them to
low-income Milwaukee residents for a savings of
50-90%. HomeSource is a division of Lisbon
Avenue Neighborhood Development Corporation.
Funded by City of Milwaukee Community
Development Block Grant
- Discount
Building
Materials, $10 annual membership
fee - area residents and churches can buy
building materials at a discount here for
home improvement and fix-up projects
- ToolSource
tool loan program, $25
annual fee, for City of Milwaukee residents
- HomeSource
solicits
donations of new and surplus building
materials to distribute to residents at a
savings of 50-90% of retail. Donations are
tax-deductible and pick-up service is
available.
- Home
Repair Classes -
Information
Lisbon
Avenue Health
Center
[pic]
managed by Westside Health Care
Association 934-9468
3522 W. Lisbon Avenue
For an appointment, call 935-8000
Walk-ins Welcome
Available Services include:
- Pediatric Care
- Adult (internal medicine)
- OB/GYN
- Immunization
- Referrals to specialists
CLINIC HOURS:
- Mondays & Wednesdays 8 a.m.
- 7 p.m.
- Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 8 a.m.
-4:30 p.m.
West
End Community Association's
Community Housing
Improvement Project (CHIP) helping
area homeowners with badly needed repairs: leaky
roofs, plumbing, electrical, painting, porches,
masonry. Call them at 933-2080 or
email
them IF
- You have owned your home for at least 2
years
- your mortgage payments are current
- Your residence is a single family or
duplex
- You fall within these income guidelines
(these figures are old)
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Number in Household
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Maximum Income
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1
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$20,150
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2
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$23,050
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3
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$25,900
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4
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$28,800
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5
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$31,100
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6
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$33,400
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7
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$35,700
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8
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$38,000
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- All CHIP work is FREE - forgiven,
IF you continue to live in your home for
two years after the work is completed. For
more information or an application call or
email contacts above.
Milwaukee
Habitat for Humanity -
"Building Homes and Hope" -
Earn your downpayment
on a new or rebuilt home by sweat equity
(your own and those who contribute labor on
your behalf
- History
of Milwaukee Habitat
- Staff
& Board
- How
to Become a Habitat
Homeowner
- How
to Volunteer to help build or rehab more
Habitat Homes
- Habitat
International Website
- Helping Habitat
for Humanity - Milwaukee HFH has a "10 most
wanted" list, but not because it's looking
for criminals. Rather, building supplies,
such as: 6- to 8-foot stepladders, shop vacs,
motor-driven wire brush, weekday warehouse
volunteer for inventory and stocking, one 12"
radial-arm saw, construction wheelbarrows,
brooms, push brooms and one-gallon plastic
pails. If you can help, contact its office at
(414) 562-6100.
- 2233 North 20th
Street, 53208-1536 -
562-6100
- FAX
562-4440
- or email
haabitat
- DIY's
Habitat for Humanity Training
Video
Community
Village,
Ltd.
- 4113 W. North Ave. --
445-1630
Community Village is a 30-block area
surrounding Community Baptist Church
from Wright Street on the north to Washington
Park on the south and from 39th Street to
47th street, encompassing parts of the
Washington Park and Sherman Park
neighborhoods [map].
Visit the Community
Village Page hosted by the
Neighborhood College
- Education Projects
- Housing Projects
- Business Projects
- Contact
Information
- email: Steve
Adams
- phone: 414-445-1211
- mail: 4113 W. North Avenue, Milwaukee
WI 53208
- The Community Family of Organization
(Parts)
ACTS
- Allied Churches Teaching
Self-Empowerment
West Office 3327 W. Lisbon
Avenue
Supporting Neighborhoods through
Homeownership
Open by Appointment
Call Dave Boucher 934-0587 9-5
pm
Email: 
Metcalfe
Park Residents' Association
3624 West North Avenue
(414) 875-1021
Fax: 875-1020
Email: metcalfewi@aol.com
WHEDA
(Wisconsin
Housing & Economic Development
Authority)
Wisconsin
Low Income Energy Assistance Program
City
of Milwaukee Help for Homebuyers &
Homeowners
St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lisbon
at 34th. 344-2111
- [pic1,
pic2]
- The
Gathering
- Community Meal,
every Saturday noon 11:30 - 12:30
- served hot.
- If you find yourself in need,
please come and partake.
- Volunteer help always welcome.
- Our
Next
generation, Inc. - serving
neighborhood children
Dr.
Howard Fuller Learning
Center
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at
Mercy
Memorial Baptist Church
[photo]
3rd
District Community Justice Center
- 1953
N. 34th
Street
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open 8 am-midnight - 933-3954
- Unofficial
web page
- Family Resource
Center
- Education and
Employment Services
- Youth Division
Activities
- Domestic Violence
Intervention Services
- Housing
Advocacy
- Corrections
& Law Enforcement work
stations
- Safe and Sound
Initiatives
- Restorative
Justice
- AODA
Programming
- Family
Therapy
- Health /
Wellness Education
- Social Services
Referrals & Resource Manual
Hmong-American
Friendship Association [Milw CDBG]
since 1983
- 3824 W. Vliet Street --
344-6575
- LoNeng
Kiatoukaysy - Executive
Director
- Hmong Museum & Gift
Shop
- Family Strengthening Program
- Domestic Group
- 24 hour Crisis Hot-Line (bi-lingual,
statewide)
- Food Pantry
- Energy Assistance Program
- Translation Services
- Elderly Program
- Housing Program
- Youth Program
- South East Asian Resettlement
Program
- Job Placement Program
- Health & Dental Clinic
- Citizenship Program
- Lead Abatement Program
- website
under construction
- Hmong
Ethnic Links
Neighborhood
House of Milwaukee
Sojourner
Truth House - A Shelter for
Battered Women and their Children
- PO Box 080098, Milwaukee, WI 53208
(location confidential for safety
reasons)
- Call 933-2722 or the
Institute for Service Learning at
229-2767 for more information isl@uwm.edu
- Children's
Program
Milwaukee
County Park System Resources
Washington
Park Senior Center
LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVES
Milwaukee
Dept.
of City Development (DCD)
- Home Owner Resources
- Home Buyer Resources
- Landlord Resources
- Renter Resources
- Board of Zoning Appeals
- Historic
Preservation Resources
- Business Financing
- To obtain a
brochure about a Housing & Neighborhood
Development program, call 286-5618
- To add your name
to a Housing & Neighborhood Development
program mailing list, call 286-5618
- To report
graffiti, or get advice about graffiti
removal, call the Graffiti Hotline
286-8715
- For information
about CityHomes open houses, call
286-5618
- For information
about moderately-priced homes for sale
through the Community Homes program, call
286-8600
- To list property
for rent with the Rent Assistance Program
call 286-5630
- To apply for
public housing units for the elderly and
disabled call 286-5678
Department
of Neighborhood
Services
(DNS) 286-3646
Other
Neighborhood Web Sites - Full
City List
Other
Business Area Web Sites
Current
City Of Milwaukee List of Neighborhood
Websites
Social
Development Commission
- Basic
Needs Program: SDC Provides low-income
individuals and families with services that
address the immediate and basic needs for
sustaining life including temporary and
transitional shelter for families and
military veterans.
- Community
Services: SDC
Provides low-income residents with services
that contribute to physical and mental
health, personal safety and well-being, crime
prevention and community organizing efforts.
- Community Partners
- Drug Abatement Program (DAP)
- Malcolm X Community Learning
Center
- Victim Assistance
- Weed & Seed / Safe Haven
- Education,
Employment, &
Training: SDC
provides low-income residents with
opportunities to complete their education and
learn skills in order to become members of
the community's workforce. This division also
places an emphasis on job placement and
retention.
- Financial Literacy
Training
- Individual Development Accounts
- Job Development
- Minor Home Repair
- Senior AIDES Program
- Weatherization
- Youth
Services: SDC
Provides several programs with the mission of
improving the quality of life and providing
alternative directions for low-income
children in our community
- Build a Box Program (computer
skills)
- CYIP - Community Youth Intervention
Program
- RYFI - Refugee Youth Family
Initiative
- YDP - Youth Development Program
- Head
Start Program
Useful
Phone Numbers
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Abandoned autos -
933-4444
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Health - animal problems -
286-3535
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Battered Women/children -
286-2997
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Landlord - tenant problems -
449-4777
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Better Business Bureau -
273-1600
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Poison center - 266-2222
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Building Inspection -
286-3441
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Police non-emergency -
933-4444
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Child abuse/neglect -
289-6444
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Police 3rd District -
935-7232
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Code enforcement -
286-3646
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Police - Avenues West -
935-7866
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County Office on Aging -
289-5950
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Recycling Questions -
286-3500
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Drugs - Anonymous tips -
931-7300
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Tire disposal - 286-3500
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Emergency Crisis Hotline -
257-2222
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Vacant bldgs - board ups -
286-2266
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Emergency shelter -
276-0764
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Vacant lots, littered -
286-3535
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Fire Dept. non emergency -
286-8948
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Weatherization program -
265-4270
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Garbage special pickup -
286-3322
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Wisconsin Electric -
221-3333
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Graffiti Hot line -
286-8715
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Wisconsin Gas - 383-3500
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Health - Aids testing -
286-3614
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24 hr. gas leaks
1-800-261-5325
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HELP LINE - for anything! -
211
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Power Outage Hotline
1-800-662-4797
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Give your home a decorative lift for
pennies and exercise your own creativity by
recycling your own or
someone else's "trash" into eye-catching
"treasures" that bring out your inner "you"
and help the Earth at the same time!
If you know of other Community Resources that
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