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Milwaukee County Awarded Additional $1.34 Million by MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge to Rethink Local Justice System
New Funding Will Support Initiatives Aimed at Preventing Unnecessary Jail Use and Advancing Racial Equity
MILWAUKEE – February 9, 2021 – By way of the Milwaukee Community Justice Council (CJC), Milwaukee County is the recipient of a $1.34 million grant by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to continue building on efforts to rethink the local criminal justice system, prevent unnecessary jail use, and eliminate racial inequities. The grant brings the Foundation’s total investment in Milwaukee County to $5.64 million to date, and is part of the Safety and Justice Challenge, a $246 million national initiative to reduce over-incarceration and advance racial equity in local criminal justice systems by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails.
Currently, federal statute prohibits any form of federal health coverage for incarcerated individuals except under very limited circumstances. In most states, Medicaid coverage is immediately terminated when someone is sent to a correctional setting. This creates a serious coverage gap when individuals are released, as they often have no access to health care or addiction treatment during a stressful and dangerous time. This bill is a bipartisan response to this issue, following alarming evidence published in the New England Journal of Medicine that individuals reentering society are
129 times likelier than the general population to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.
Too many: Mom of Sandra Parks pleads for peace after record year
Mom of Sandra Parks pleads for peace after record year
On the heels of Milwaukee s most violent year, there was a call for peace as mothers who have lost their children shared their stories as part of Gun Violence Survivors Week.
MILWAUKEE - On the heels of Milwaukee s most violent year, there was a call for peace Monday, Feb. 1 as mothers who have lost their children shared their stories as part of Gun Violence Survivors Week.
Milwaukee police say 190 people were killed in 2020, and a majority of those cases involved guns. It s the highest number of homicides since 1991 when there 165 in Milwaukee.
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HealthyMKE, a website consolidating trusted resources and connecting Milwaukee county residents with COVID-19 vaccine and health resources, has launched. The site is sponsored by the Milwaukee Unified Emergency Operations Center (UEOC) and developed and maintained by INPOWER, a local Black, and woman-owned communications agency located in the 53206 Zip code.
HealthyMKE offers a Vaccine Connector Tool which matches individuals and organizations identified in Phase 1A seeking vaccines with registered Vaccinator Organizations. HealthyMKE provides real-time updates on vaccine eligibility and vaccination sites in Milwaukee county.
HealthyMKE also provides Frequently Asked Questions, access to the county s COVID-19 Dashboard, TestUpMKE, IMPACT 211 and Health Compass Milwaukee, along with flu shot locations, and 11 municipal health department websites. Spanish and Hmong translations will soon be available, along with webina