| Attention Residents – Key Sanitation Changes Are Here
Starting Wednesday, February 3, 2010, the City of Milwaukee's two Self-Help stations, located at 6660 N. Industrial Rd. and 3879 W. Lincoln Ave. will be closed on Wednesdays due to budget restraints. The Self-Help locations are used by thousands of Milwaukee households to get rid of items no longer needed or that won't fit into garbage carts. Many use the Self-Help stations to avoid the $50 special pick up fee for items too large for the normal crew.
For more information, please click here or download the news release from the Department of Public Works.
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| Spend Your Summer Working as an Intern with the Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP)
The SYIP provides youth with employment and life skills to meet educational and job readiness goals. High school juniors and seniors between the ages of 16 and 19 who live in the designated Community Development Block Grant area are eligible to apply for this opportunity to work for the city and gain valuable experience. The 2010 8-week program runs from June 21 to August 13. Participants must be able to work the entire time period. Click here for more information about the SYIP.
Complete the online application by March 5, then send your official school transcript showing number of school days missed and your grade point average to:
Summer Youth Internship Program
Attn: Judith Allen
809 N. Broadway, 3rd Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Or fax to: Summer Youth Internship Program, Attn: Judith Allen, Fax (414) 286-0851
If you do not have access to a computer, please call (414) 286-5829 for a printed copy of the application.
Click here to download the 2010 Summer Youth Internship Program Information Packet.
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Safe Sleep for Your Baby
The City of Milwaukee Health Department strongly advises parents NOT to share a bed with their infant. This is based on an American Academy of Pediatrics 2005 Policy Statement that states that the “risk of SIDS has been shown to be reduced when the infant sleeps in the same room as the mother,” but the AAP recommends that infants not share a bed with parents or anyone else, due to proven hazards. Click here to view a video that offers some advice on how to avoid the problems associated with “co-sleeping” with infants.
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Be a part of the 2010 US Census Team and earn good pay!
For Milwaukee residents, office jobs pay at least $11.25 an hour and field positions pay at least $15 an hour.
Weekly pay & paid training. Temporary, part-time & full-time work with flexible hours.
Help your community have a successful census:
- Every year the federal government can allocate more than $400 billion (about $1,300 a year per person) to states and communities based on census data;
- Census data guides local decision-making on where to build new roads, hospitals, schools and more;
- Businesses use census data to locate supermarkets, new housing, and other facilities;
- Census data determines how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Call the toll-free jobs line at: 1-866-861-2010 to schedule the required 30 minute basic skills test at a time and location convenient to you.
More information is available at: www.milwaukee.gov/2010census
My Position on UWM Freshwater Sciences Expansion
I fully support the location of the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences at the E. Greenfield Ave. site. The existing school is there, and there is some room for expansion within the existing building. Additionally, there is an eight-acre site immediately to the west which is available and ready for construction of new school facilities. A skywalk over the existing railroad right-of-way could be constructed to connect the buildings from east to west and this would also create an opportunity for an observation deck that would look out over the Port of Milwaukee and Lake Michigan. In addition, I am working to ensure that there is an E. Greenfield Ave. rail stop if and when the KRM (Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee) project moves forward (in 2008 the Common Council passed my resolution calling for the E. Greenfield stop). This is a golden opportunity to locate this new facility in an area that has proximity to the lake, public transportation, and many other amenities that will compliment the school. I strongly urge our decision makers to locate the school here.
The Novel H1N1 (Swine Flu) and MPS
Medical experts are concerned that this type of flu might make a comeback in fall with more severe symptoms. Parents and children should not fear this because there are ways to protect your loved ones.
- When a Novel H1N1 vaccine becomes available; please see that children get the immunization. It is possible that swine flu vaccinations will be provided at some school sites. MPS will provide details when they are available.
- Find out where you could receive food assistance if your child’s school is closed and you have no access to school meals.
Click here to download the letter from MPS to families.
For all other information please refer to Milwaukee Public School’s Website at mpsportal.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/portal/server.pt
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Facing Foreclosure? There Is Help Available
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) is providing counseling to those facing foreclosure. Working in conjunction with the Homeownership Preservation Foundation, the counseling helps homeowners develop a budget and arrange payment options with lenders.
Interested persons can call Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) at 1-888-995-4673 or go to www.995hope.org.
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