COMMUNITY FACILITIES 147 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

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1 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 147 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

2 There is o such thig as a self-made ma. You will reach your goals oly with the help of others. George Shi COMMUNITY FACILITIES 148

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4 VISION FOR SUCCESS This pla evisios the City ad its parters are able to provide readily accessible public services ad facilities that esure coverage of basic eeds ad promote welless, healthy lifestyles, safety, ad ehaced quality of life for all residets. The city will be regarded as safe for all citizes, which will foster cotiued ecoomic expasio ad improve the overall quality of life. The visio of success for Commuity Facilities icludes: Health ad Welless The City ad its parters provide ad promote stadards ad opportuities for health care, basic eeds, child care, healthy food, ad recreatioal opportuities. Educatio ad Ecoomic Developmet The City ad its parters promote ad provide opportuities for life-log learig, icludig basic educatio, workforce developmet, ad persoal erichmet. Safety Milwaukee is perceived ad recogized as a safe city through the work ad resources of its police, fire, ad emergecy respose teams. The City ad its parters promote ad provide a variety of safety educatio to the commuity, icludig residets, busiesses ad school childre. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION The missio of City govermet is to ehace the safety, prosperity, ad quality of life of all citizes workig directly ad through parterships with commuity stakeholders. Key compoets of a sustaiable ad resiliet city iclude healthy ad safe eviromets with access to a excellet educatio, equitable access to basic eeds such as health care ad healthy foods, ad opportuities to ejoy a meaigful civic life. Strog ad adaptable Commuity Facilities are critical to esurig a sustaiable ad resiliet Milwaukee. Commuity Facilities, as discussed i this chapter, iclude facilities that provide basic eeds to residets ad ehace the quality of life i the city. The foudatio of commuity facility plaig is to establish a healthy commuity by coectig people to opportuities, services, ad socially to each other. The City of Milwaukee provides may commuity services but ca ot fulfill all the commuity s eeds aloe. Multiple levels of govermetal agecies, alog with private ad oprofit orgaizatios have critical roles i esurig health, safety ad life-log learig for residets. City facilities iclude the Milwaukee Public Library system, Milwaukee Health Departmet, Milwaukee Police Departmet, Milwaukee Fire Departmet, ad Milwaukee Public School System. Private orgaizatios iclude healthcare providers, child care providers, faith-based orgaizatios, cemeteries, eighborhood associatios, ad commuity ceters, to ame a few. A healthy ad vibrat city has a impact the quality of life for residets ad affects their decisios about where to live ad work. It is importat for ecoomic developmet that Milwaukee retais ad attracts taleted people to the city by esurig safety, assurig health care access, ad by offerig a rage of educatioal opportuities. Milwaukee has a solid foudatio of commuity facilities ad ca improve its quality of life by ehacig existig services ad facilities where feasible. Commuity facilities are a essetial compoet of ecoomic developmet. Educatio ad workforce traiig o a idustry specific basis is offered at a variety of commuity facilities. These are critical eeds for the commuity to esure ecoomic vitality. Govermet ad health care are amog the largest employers i this regio, with health care projected to grow i the future. The ecoomy of the regio depeds o the cotiued success of these critical liks betwee educatio ad ecoomic developmet.

5 Libraries, schools, health care cliics,hospitals, ad teachig ad commuity ceters ofte achor ad stabilize eighborhoods ad must remai adaptive to the eeds of a diverse populatio ad chagig treds. Crime Prevetio Through Evirometal Desig (CPTED) is used i Milwaukee s Safe Neighborhood Project. CPTED helped revitalize SOHI s Mai Street, while reducig crime i the eighborhood. FACILITIES OVERVIEW HEALTH CARE FACILITIES Major healthcare providers ted to have o staff facility plaers. As expasios or ew facilities are aticipated, healthcare providers work with the City of Milwaukee regardig plas ad permits. As health care adapts to meet the eeds of a agig populatio, it is aticipated that facilities will cotiue to expad. The City of Milwaukee will cotiue workig with healthcare providers o locatig ad adaptig their facilities i the commuity. CHILD CARE FACILITIES There are a variety of child care facilities throughout Milwaukee, servig ifats through school-aged childre. I Milwaukee, child care facilities may be located i residetial areas, as well as commercial areas. Refer to Area Plas, zoig code, regulatios ad licesig requiremets for additioal iformatio. It is essetial that proper liceses are obtaied ad correct procedures are followed to esure the safety of childre ad child care workers. The City of Milwaukee will cotiue workig with child care facilities o sitig their facilities i the commuity were they are most appropriate. POLICE FACILITIES The Milwaukee Police Departmet has seve police districts which serve ad protect the etire city. MPD services are essetial to quality of life, eighborhood stability, ad ecoomic developmet i Milwaukee. MPD also provides educatio ad outreach to the commuity at large. MPD has facility maagemet staff who ca coordiate redistricitg, expasios or ew facilities with the City of Milwaukee. SHERIFF FACILITIES Milwaukee Couty Sheriff s office protects ad serves the whole Couty, but has a icreased presece i Couty Parks, istitutios ad expressways i Milwaukee. The Explosive Ordace Disposal Divisio serves the etire couty. FIRE & RESCUE FACILITIES Milwaukee Fire Departmet provides primary fire suppressio, prevetio, rescue ad emergecy medical service for the City of Milwaukee. MFD has 36 fire statios throughout the city. MFD also offers commuity outreach ad educatio. MFD staff ca coordiate 151 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

6 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 152 v v v v v v v v v v v a a a a a a a 27th St College Ave Howell Ave Miles Data Source: Departmet of City Developmet City of Milwaukee Commuity Facilities Oklahoma Wiscosi Ave Capitol Dr Good Hope Rd Couty Lie Rd 124th St 100th St Howard Ave Caal St North Ave 76th St a % Police Statios Fire Statios v Hospitals c Libraries Schools a % Police Statios Fire Statios v Hospitals c Libraries Schools

7 expasios or ew facilities with the City of Milwaukee, as eeded. MFD also has special rescue teams. Heavy Urba Rescue Team (HURT) coducts specialized rescue i high hazard areas. The Dive Rescue Team covers 10.2 miles of Lake Michiga shorelie, area rivers, dams ad park lagoos. CEMETERIES Cemeteries i Milwaukee are typically ru by private etities ot associated with City govermet. It is aticipated these etities will cotiue operatios ad facility plaig for cemeteries withi Milwaukee. The City of Milwaukee will cotiue to work with local cemeteries as eeded. Some Milwaukee cemeteries serve as a cultural ameity, as well as providig a essetial fuctio. Three of Milwaukee s more otable cemeteries iclude: Forest Home Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, ad Wood Natioal Cemetery. These cemeteries publish self-guided tours due to their level of public iterest. Forest Home Cemetery is both a desigated Milwaukee Ladmark ad o the Natioal Register of Historic Places. It was established i 1850, ad curretly has over 200 acres of wooded, getly rollig hills. Calvary Cemetery was established i 1857, with over 65 acres. Its Victoria Gothic gate house was desiged by oted architect Erhard Brielmaier i Wood Natioal Cemetery bega operatig o its curret site, the Clemet J. Zablocki VA Medical Ceter, i This Veteras cemetery, which is the oldest i the coutry after Arligto Natioal Cemetery, features a 60-foot high graite moumet to Civil War Soldiers ad Sailors. Oe pathway leads to seve additioal memorials. LIBRARIES The Milwaukee Couty Public Library (MPL) system, established i 1878, curretly cosists of the Cetral Library ad 12 eighborhood libraries. Each eighborhood library serves approximately 50,000 people. MPL cotiues to adapt its offerigs to the eeds of the commuity. Its computers are ofte used by job-seekers; youth service programs ecourage childre to develop a love of readig; Eglish laguage programs are available; lectures, historical programs ad tours are offered; ad services are cotiually beig updated meet the eeds of the etire commuity. MPL is part of the Milwaukee Couty Federated Library System. Milwaukee s Cetral Library was amed oe of the top te libraries i the coutry by atioally-kow Libraria ad author Nacy Pearl, as reported i USA Today. MPL cotiues to icrease its eergy efficiecy of facilities. MPL also leads by example, the Cetral Library has a gree roof. Not oly does the roof serve the evirometal goal of reducig the quatity ad improvig the quality of stormwater ruoff, it also raises the awareess of the geeral public of solutios to evirometal cocers. The City will cotiue to work with MPL to determie expasio eeds. SCHOOLS There are a umber of educatioal optios I Milwaukee that give the commuity broad choices i educatio: Milwaukee Public Schools, charter schools, private, ad parochial schools. The Milwaukee School District provided educatio to over 85,000 childre i 2009 accordig to State of Wiscosi DPI. Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is, by far, the largest provider of educatioal services. MPS works with the City of Milwaukee o its facilities plaig. Whe facilities are desigated as surplus, the City works with MPS o potetial redevelopmet or reuse to derive the greatest good for the commuity. The MPS Recreatio Departmet also provides park ad recreatio facilities ad programs, may of which take place at MPS schools. MPS has made a commitmet to eergy efficiecy ad the eviromet. Fairview School has istalled solar paels ad offers educatioal programs liked to greater evirometal awareess. MPS ad the City of Milwaukee partered through Gree Schools, as described i the Citywide Policy Pla Natural Resources chapter, to covert asphalt play spaces to ope spaces plated with grass ad trees. 153 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

8 LOCAL ACHIEVEMENT Milwaukee Health Care Partership The Milwaukee Health Care Partership is a public / private cosortium dedicated to improvig coverage, access ad care coordiatio for uder-served populatios i Milwaukee Couty. The Partership is a maaged cosortium govered by the CEOs of the 5 Milwaukee health systems ad 4 Federally Qualified Health Ceters, the Dea of the Medical College of Wiscosi, the Secretary of the State Departmet of Health Service, the Director of Milwaukee Couty Departmet of Health ad Huma Services, ad the Health Commissioer for the City of Milwaukee. Through advocacy ad actio, they are workig together to icrease access to quality health care ad create a healthier future for Milwaukee residets. Wiscosi Coveat Wiscosi Coveat is a program to ispire youg people to achieve greater success i high-school which leads to higher educatio. Itroduced i 2006 by Goveror Jim Doyle, this program has eighth graders sig the Wiscosi Coveat Pledge which states they will ear a high-school diploma, maitai at least a B average, demostrate good citizeship, ad take the ecessary steps to eter a Uiversity of Wiscosi System istitutio, a Wiscosi Techical College ad/or a Wiscosi private college or uiversity. Studets upo achievemet become a Wiscosi Coveat Scholar which etitles them a place i higher educatio ad fiacial aid, to make college more affordable. Source: COMMUNITY FACILITIES 154

9 OPPORTUNITIES 1. Strog eighborhood focus of safety iitiatives ad commuity orgaizig efforts that are tied to advaced techology. The City of Milwaukee Police ad Fire Departmets use advaced techology i additio to prove commuity educatio methods to deter crime, ad parter with residets to maitai safe eighborhoods. This combiatio has demostrated success as evideced by sustaiable decreases i crime for two years. Crime Prevetio Through Evirometal Desig (CPTED), a multi-discipliary approach to deterrig crimial behavior through evirometal desig, ad thwartig crimial acts by affectig the built, social ad admiistrative eviromet. The mai compoets of CPTED iclude: eyes o the street, kowig your eighbors, clea eviromets, well lit ad pedestria friedly eighborhoods, ad preparatio for quick respose to crimial activity. Data sharig helps to coordiate safety efforts ad stabilize eighborhoods. The City of Milwaukee has improved citize access to vital commuity iformatio, which provides greater coordiatio, commuicatio ad educatio for police, commuity groups ad residets. The Milwaukee COMPASS Project is a federally-fuded iitiative that builds ad sustais collaborative efforts to fid patters ad iterrelatioships 155 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

10 betwee relevat data to improve the commuity ad deter crime. The Milwaukee Fire Departmet as the primary fire suppressio, prevetio, rescue ad emergecy medical service for the City of Milwaukee, also egages i eighborhood outreach ad educatio. Fire fatalities i the City have decreased by 58% from 2007 to I additio to educatioal outreach about fire prevetio ad safety, MFD also focuses programs o reducig violet crimes i the commuity, ad o other commuity safely iitiatives. be utilized to prioritize public health issues ad idetify resources to address the improvemets, the efficiecy, effectiveess, ad ultimately the performace of the local public health system. The City of Milwaukee Health Departmet (MHD) recetly iitiated a citywide Commuity Health Assessmet. This iitiative is the most comprehesive health assessmet ever udertake by the City, ad will be used to help formulate the commuity s future public health goals ad outcomes. that promote commuity health ad welless, esure comprehesive solutios to regioal health cocers, with prevetive care ad healthy lifestyle choices emphasized. MHD has chose the health assessmet model, Mobilizig for Actio through Plaig ad Parterships (MAPP), developed by the Natioal Associatio of City ad Couty Health Officials ad the Ceters for Disease Cotrol ad Prevetio. I a effort to improve public health, Milwaukee has established effective tools to determie the level ad quality of service available to its citizes. Through commuity-drive strategic plaig, these tools will This process is a collaborative effort by the City of Milwaukee Health Departmet ad a steerig committee composed of leaders ad represetatives from a broad array of city departmets, 2. Strog public/private parterships healthcare providers, ad commuity orgaizatios. Whe complete, it will offer a road map that will idetify areas with the most eed, the most efficiet programs, ad the potetial highest ad best use for facilities such as the former St. Michael s Hospital o the Near North side. Ultimately, MAPP efforts will coordiate with federal processes ad programs, which will lead to a more accessible, affordable, ad prevetive health care system i the City of Milwaukee. The City of Milwaukee Health Departmet is also a member of the Milwaukee Health Care Partership, a public / private collaborative dedicated to improvig health care for uderserved populatios. The Partership has established a commuity wide pla to expad isurace coverage, improve access ad ehace care coordiatio. The access iitiative is focused o expadig ad creatig additioal federally qualified health cliics (FQHCs) i targeted city eighborhoods. For example, there are FQHC facilities at 16th St, Westside FQHC at 32d St ad COMMUNITY FACILITIES 156

11 Lisbo Ave., ad Milwaukee Health Services site o or ear the former St. Michael s Hospital. Aother iitiative of the Milwaukee Health Departmet icludes the Ceter for Health Equity, which is dedicated to improvig the social ad ecoomic factors that ifluece our public health withi the City of Milwaukee as well as throughout the State of Wiscosi. Milwaukee s Health Departmet was oe of the first cities to establish a Ceter for Health Equity, created to address the social issues ad behaviors that cotribute to poor health. The Ceter will cocetrate o improvig the health of the populatio through improvig the uderstadig of how socioecoomic coditios affect health, ecouragig ad supportig chages i public policy to improve health, ad buildig commuity ivolvemet i public policy makig. May groups i the Milwaukee area collaborate to raise awareess about the importace of healthy food choices for all residets. The Milwaukee Food Coucil brigs together a group of cocered idividuals ad orgaizatios from public, private, ad oprofit sectors to examie policy that effects the commuity food system. The Milwaukee Food Coucil, committed to the growth of urba agriculture, access to fresh foods for all citizes, educatio about the critical lik betwee health ad food choices, ad sustaiable food system plaig. 3. A real commitmet from citizes, City govermet, Milwaukee Public Schools, ad the Milwaukee Public Library to improve educatio ad workforce developmet The Milwaukee Public Library cotiually seeks ew ad iovative ways to provide life-log learig ad skills developmet for all Milwaukee residets. Computer traiig for ew techologies ad access to free iteret for job seekers, are all valuable resources i a challegig ecoomy. Select eighborhood libraries, as well as the Cetral brach are desigated as job ceters ad offer additioal resources to residets: assistace for resume writig, olie job applicatios, ad olie job searches. The Library s commitmet to workforce developmet also icludes parterships with UW Milwaukee s Small Busiess Developmet Ceter, MATC, SCORE ad a umber of other commuity orgaizatios. These parterships have icreased the Library s capacity to offer additioal resources. I several libraries, oe-o-oe tutorig is available to promote adult literacy i the commuity. Childre s librarias are assiged to every library, demostratig a strog commitmet to support the educatioal eeds of childre. Early ad cotiued exposure of childre to books ad readig leads to improvemet i readig readiess skills ad life-log readig skills. While faced with the challege of a high percetage of disadvataged ad at-risk studets, the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) has outlied a 157 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

12 umber of goals i its strategic pla, Workig together ad achievig more, aimed at improvig the overall educatio system for its studets. Goals iclude: Studets meet ad exceed Wiscosi academic stadards ad graduate prepared for higher educatio, careers ad citizeship School commuities work together for improvemet i academic achievemet Leaders ad staff demostrate cotiuous improvemet through focused professioal developmet Measurable gais i studet achievemet ad fiscal resposibility School staffs are supportive ad resposive to studets ad families makig the district accoutable for measurable results As part of the educatioal ifrastructure of the City of Milwaukee, a umber of private, charter, special schools, parochial ad faith-based schools, cotribute to a high level of choice ad educatioal diversity. The rage of optios ehaces both the quality ad access to a good educatio that may be tailored to a studet s idividual prefereces. The Charter School System eacted i 1993 by Wiscosi Statute eabled school boards to establish charter schools. The statute was later expaded to allow Uiversity of Wiscosi-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Commo Coucil, Milwaukee Area Techical College ad MPS to sposor charter schools. The cetral purpose of the charter school legislatio is to elimiate a sigificat portio of the statutory requiremets, admiistrative rules ad regulatios that are usually imposed o public schools i order to i tur demad a ew type of public accoutability tied to actual performace. Other iitiatives iclude special schools such as boardig schools, Motessori-type, private educatio as well as Catholic Schools, Luthera schools, ad other local faith-based educatioal istitutios. Milwaukee s rich selectio of higher educatioal istitutios offers may optios related to specializatio, affordability, access, ad quality. The rich ladscape of istitutios withi Milwaukee icludes four-year istitutios, techical istitutios, art ad desig istitutes, specialty schools, ad career colleges which provide a myriad of optios for studets while meetig the eeds of a moder workplace i a global ecoomy. Some of these istitutios have facilities throughout the city, ad their future expasio may provide additioal opportuities for parterships related to developmet, commuity buildig, ad outreach. As ew idustries eter the local market, there will also be opportuities for collaboratio with programs, orgaizatios, ad facilities that will lead to job growth, workforce developmet ad life-log learig. Milwaukee Area Workforce Ivestmet Board, Ic. (MAWIB) liks employers ad job seekers. MAWIB develops workforce programs ad solutios that meet ad aticipate regioal ecoomic developmet eeds i partership with local leaders from govermet, private idustry ad labor. MAWIB creates ad maages a focused targeted educatio, traiig ad employmet system ad looks to stregthe the local ad regioal labor exchage. 4. Strog oprofit orgaizatio etwork that exists i the regio supports commuity developmet. Collectively, all of the oprofit orgaizatios, faith-based orgaizatios ad civic groups withi the city implemet each of the opportuities previously listed. Curret ad future oprofit orgaizatios will also be eeded to provide valuable expertise for implemetatio of commuity ad ecoomic developmet goals. The YMCA, YWCA ad Boys & Girls Clubs i Milwaukee are oly three of the may orgaizatios that provide orgaized programmed childres activities that allow them to play, socialize ad build positive character traits. These orgaizatios provide activities that teach character developmet ad team work, all while havig fu. Commuity facilities should ot oly educate our childre, but provide places for them to be metored, ejoy healthy play, socialize, compete, ad simply have fu i a safe ad urturig learig eviromet. Commuity orgaizatios ca also provide valuable resources ad mapower ecessary to implemet commuity developmet programs ad eighborhood stabilizatio efforts that help create ad maitai a healthy commuity. These orgaizatios, while ot always o the forefrot of policy creatio, play a critical role i helpig to defie the issues ad share vital iformatio with residets. Noprofit facilities ofte are at the ceter of a commuity, providig access for commuity orgaizatio, facilitatio, dissemiatio of relevat commuity based iformatio ad provide a forum for the idetificatio of local issues. COMMUNITY FACILITIES 158

13 CHALLENGES 1. While the overall crime rate has recetly decreased i the City of Milwaukee, both the perceptio ad reality of crime cotiue to be of cocer. This issue is critical to the ecoomic health ad stabilizatio of eighborhoods. Recet crime statistics provide a positive visio for Milwaukee s future, with a decrease i violet crime over the past two years. However, crime is a sigificat factor i residetial ad commercial ivestmet decisios, ad its impact is greatest o locatio decisios of residets ad busiesses withi the metropolita area. Public perceptios are also a critical compoet of how a commuity is viewed. It is importat to ote, egative perceptios may persist, eve with recet statistical improvemets. Therefore, police effectiveess at addressig eighborhood cocers ad disorder becomes a key elemet towards improvig perceptio as well as reality. Milwaukee is experiecig several treds that ted to be associated with crime, such as high rates of absetee fathers, high rates of sigle paret families, low rates of high school graduatio, high rates of high school truacy, ad icreased uemploymet figures. The Milwaukee Police Departmet aloe caot tackle these social issues that ted to be idicators of crime. 159 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

14 2. Maitaiig ad growig a ifrastructure of eighborhood health facilities that are prepared to deal with major public health issues, as well as geeral health care ad welless of the populatio is critical to the quality of life i Milwaukee. Over 47% of all Milwaukee emergecy departmet visits are primary care treatable; 61% of those visits are made by low icome uisured ad Medicaid erollees. There is a 54% gap i primary care access i Milwaukee; the greatest gap is i eighborhoods with the highest rates of poverty, desity ad racial diversity. Over 250,000 lowicome people i Milwaukee Couty are o Medicaid; with a estimated 90, ,000 uisured. The City of Milwaukee has some of the highest rates of tee pregacy, low birth weight babies ad ifat mortality, STDs, asthma, diabetes ad obesity with sigificat racial disparities. There is a sigificat eed for icreased access to comprehesive commuity health ceters that provide medical, prevetive, detal ad behavioral health eeds, are culturally competet ad geographically close to uderserved populatios. The critical compoet is the prompt idetificatio of the symptoms related to disease ad immediate provisio of ecessary treatmet. This type of coordiated service will take the appropriate ifrastructure / facilities that would brig health care closer to those high risk populatios. Curretly operatig eighborhood health facilities provide primary ad prevetive care icludig health educatio, couselig ad moitorig of high risk populatios. To become more effective commuity parters ad advocates for health, these eighborhood health facilities must become more visible, accessible, efficiet, effective (high quality care) ad more liguistically ad culturally aware. Hospitals are stabilizig forces i eighborhoods ad serve as istitutioal parters ad ecoomic drivers. Access to hospitals that provide vital emergecy ad specialty care must be maitaied. 3. Stregtheig established parterships betwee the City ad private healthcare providers esures that proper health care, welless, educatio ad iformatio be of high quality, cost effective ad accessible for all residets. Keepig existig ad establishig ew facilities that ca offer primary care ad prevetive health care resources i eighborhoods will be a major challege as facilities age, ad become both ecoomically ad fuctioally obsolete. May health related issues are iflueced by circumstaces prior to the maifestatio of disease. These upstream circumstaces iclude lack of resources or access those resources ad cotribute to the overall health quality of the populatio. I urba areas where socioecoomic stress is most prevalet, these issues are a major challege. Although the importace of upstream solutios is well documeted, the social ad civic ifrastructure is curretly geared for dowstream solutios ad overall care rather tha prevetive care. So the challege is the retoolig of curret health care ifrastructure ad developig better parterships with civic groups, commuity groups, ad Milwaukee healthcare providers to upgrade programmig, ad facilities eeded to provide quality commuitybased prevetive health care. The ext step is creatig a etwork of primary care prevetive/welless facilities where best practices related to educatio, exercise, symptom diagosis ad prevetive care ca meet these ew health care priorities. Prevetive health care ca take may differet approaches from educatio, to exercise programs, healthy eatig/ lifestyle, ad availability of fresh foods i eighborhoods. Each of these elemets would require the appropriate ifrastructure or facility that could efficietly offer a successful program. Idetifyig those facilities ad establishig the ecessary programs becomes a challege of coordiatio, ad fudig. COMMUNITY FACILITIES 160

15 The Milwaukee Health Care Partership (of which the City Health Departmet is a member) has already created a health care access pla ad idetified the eighborhoods that eed additioal primary ad prevetive health facilities. Property/ site idetificatio is curretly uderway. Much public/private coordiatio will be eeded to esure adequate support for acquisitio, fudig ad implemetatio. Upstream strategies are ot solely the resposibility of the health care system. Healthy commuity strategies iclude ecouragig healthy food availability i local/corer stores, commuity gardeig, ad esurig safe/walkable eighborhoods with clea air. 4. Healthy ad fresh food choices are ot yet available to all residets. Healthy food is aother importat factor related to prevetive health care. Healthy food is already a very importat part of differet sectors of Milwaukee s local ecoomy icludig some local restaurats/ cafes, farmer s markets, ad urba agriculture. The challege is how ca we use these resources to expad healthy choices i grocery stores, restaurats, ad of course the food distributio system that provides meals to local MPS studets, hospitals, commuity facilities, ad ultimately the etire populatio. 5. The Milwaukee Couty Library System is well used by residets ad has historically offered flexible services to meet the chagig eeds of the commuity. Brach locatios have tailored programs to uique eeds of eighborhoods. Couty fudig cotiues to be a cocer for system facilities ad programs. Milwaukee Couty ad City are curretly facig a declie i reveues for all programs ad services. Budget shortfalls have ad will make less fudig available to support the Milwaukee s Public Library system, whose fudig has bee o a costat declie sice MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

16 The challege to the Library System is ot oly a questio of fudig, but also a questio of relevace to the curret demads of a evolvig ecoomy. The library has become a digital warehouse where residets are able to utilize the iteret to research, study, ad acquire ew skills ad other iformatio or obtai iformatio related to applicatios ad job opportuities. Library services that assist i job readiess skills, adult literacy, youth readig programs ad homework assistace are all critical to the well beig of the city. Decreases i these services will egatively impact the quality of life i the city. 6. The educatioal attaimet of our youth is critical for a successful city. Milwaukee Public Schools MPS provides a good base for early learig with may schools located throughout the city. However, abseteeism, graduatio rate, educatio quality, low paretal ivolvemet, ad eighborhoods discoected from their local schools, are all curret issues of a strugglig MPS system. The MPS faces may of the same challeges that exist i urba schools throughout America. These challeges as metioed above require a orgaized attempt that icludes the coordiated efforts betwee MPS, the public sector, private sector, the commuity, parets, ad studets. Ultimately, the curret system is ot adequately preparig its studets for a evolvig global ecoomy which ca be see i the fact obtaied from the MPS fact sheet that states that 60% of the studets are ot proficiet i math or readig. 7. Establishig high quality child care programs ad activities for childre either after school or durig the summer moths, is challegig due to the cost capacity of existig facilities, lack of school-base coordiatio, trasportatio eeds, ad establishig programs that geerate iterests while also maitaiig accessibility for all ages, ad icomes. It is a challege for the State to adequately moitor each licesed childcare facility to esure childre are beig provided with adequate ad safe care. The State of Wiscosi Bureau of Regulatio ad Licesig regulates childcare ceters, residetial childcare facilities, ad private child welfare agecies throughout the State. However, with icreasig demad for childcare services, ad limited persoel for oversight, esurig that the city s childre are cared for i safe ad supportive eviromets is ot always achieved. I additio to early childcare facilities, commuity support for school aged childre is critical. Commuity facilities ad schools should offer programs that provide metorship activities, orgaized sports, games, ad creative art applicatios that allow childre to grow ad explore i a safe ad supportive, healthy eviromet. Throughout the city, these types of programs are located i facilities, such as the Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, or faith based orgaizatios. Fudig for these programs is a challege that must be overcome to esure a positive ad urturig eviromet for the youth of the city, ad to support childre of workig families. COMMUNITY FACILITIES 162

17 POLICIES I. ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS AND STREETS REMAIN SAFE, CONDUCIVE TO A POSITIVE SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE, AND PROMOTE AND HEALTHY LIVING/WORKING ENVIRONMENT. A. Cotiue to reduce crime ad pursue prevetive measures that reduce crime. 1. Coordiate with commuity groups ad residets to keep eighborhoods safe 2. Cotiue to ecourage policig strategies that offer residets more visible ad persoal cotact with officers 3. Cotiue to use techology ad digital media to improve crime prevetio 4. Ecourage law eforcemet ad eighborhood groups to work together to promote social programs, civic evets, ad social iteractio, as prevetive measures to reduce crime 5. Utilize physical desig measures to promote a safe defesible eviromet, which icludes adequate lightig, safe locatios for childre ad teeagers, buildigs that promote eyes o the streets, well desiged civic space, ad pedestria friedly eviromets B. Promote fire ad structural safety through prevetio ad educatio, ad the maiteace of adequate staff ad facilities. 1. Cotiue efforts of the Milwaukee Fire Departmet to educate the public about fire safety 2. Maitai adequate respose time for fire ad emergecy medical emergecies ad cotiue to assess staffig ad facility eeds C. Maitai the quality of existig facilities, ad housig stock to esure the protectio of the public s health, safety, ad welfare. 1. Cotiue to expad code compliace o existig properties ad permits for ew costructio ad rehab costructio through the Milwaukee Developmet Ceter or ispectios through the Departmet of Neighborhood Services 2. Revise ordiaces as ecessary to promote use of gree ad iovative strategies for the built eviromet 3. Promote awareess of issues surroudig maiteace, potetial structural problems, ad idoor air quality (IAQ) i existig structures, through iformatio dissemiatio, programs, ad broad public educatio 163 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

18 II. ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF MILWAUKEE S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM USING AN APPROACH THAT IMPLEMENTS NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AND INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE STRONG RELIABLE PATIENT CARE, ALLOW ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, AND MONITOR THE QUALITY OF RESOURCES PROVIDED. IN ADDITION, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A PARALLEL NETWORK OF PREVENTIVE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITY WELLNESS. A. Protect ad ehace commuity health for the idividual, commuity ad eviromet while promotig geeral health i the populatio, frequetly advocated ad udertake by the members of the Milwaukee Health Care Partership. 1. Promote commuity facilities that offer the best quality care to residets 2. I partership with Milwaukee Health Care Partership, defie a radius of allowable service areas for each health cliic to esure commuities have accessible health care withi a relatively close distace 3. Seek out opportuities to icrease the level of fudig for existig ad ew resources, ad equipmet, to support adequate staffig, ad to esure facilities are up-to-date, clea, well maaged, ad of the highest quality 4. Coordiate public facilities with private health care ad Uiversity resources to combie efforts ad improve access 5. Ecourage the expasio of parterships amog healthcare providers, cliicias, fuders ad commuity based orgaizatios to support the overall health of Milwaukee residets COMMUNITY FACILITIES 164

19 B. Establish ad coordiate facilities that provide the tools ad resources to ehace prevetive health care ad maiteace of good quality health practices. 1. Maitai the quality of existig facilities ad esure the public s health, safety ad welfare is maitaied durig their use 2. Icrease awareess of welless i the commuity ad foster greater uderstadig of the daily practices of healthy livig 3. Promote equitable access to utritious foods to address persoal health ad welless 4. Cotiue to ecourage farmer s markets ad urba agriculture to emphasize healthy food ad healthy livig 5. Promote use of existig facilities such as MPS schools, religious facilities, YMCA, YWCA, ad Boys & Girls clubs, etc. to ecourage routie safe exercise ad aerobic activity C. Promote a high stadard of health care traiig ad educatio for all healthcare employees to esure that patiet care is cosistet ad meets or exceeds citywide stadards. 1. Coordiate the efforts of the Milwaukee Health Departmet, local uiversities/colleges, healthcare providers, i additio to federal ad state orgaizatios to help set stadards related to patiet care 2. Icrease the stadards, traiig, ad preparatio all healthcare professioals ad esure stadards are used ad moitored 165 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

20 D. Ecourage the availability of equitable health care so that everyoe, icludig high risk populatios, poor commuities, ad those facig socioecoomic barriers, ca receive quality health care. 1. Idetify baselie level of local ad statewide uderstadig of the actual determiats of ad cotributors to health 2. Educate the public about the upstream determiats of disease through various strategies, icludig likig promiet health issues (e.g., diet-related diseases, breast cacer, HIV/AIDS, ifat mortality, etc.) to related uderlyig social factors 3. Ecourage physicias, cliicias, ad public health professioals to support prevetive practices ad social determiats at the commuity buildig ad policy level 4. Promote capacity buildig ad collaboratio with commuity groups to effect policy chage surroudig public health issues 5. Cosider the developmet of a competitive commuity grat-givig program to assist ad stregthe commuity groups curretly workig o health care disparities 6. Promote early childhood educatio i a effort to icrease the social opportuities ad determiats of good health COMMUNITY FACILITIES 166

21 III. PROMOTE PRACTICES THAT LEAD TO LIFE-LONG LEARNING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND INTERESTS. LEARNING GEARED TOWARDS SELF-IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL INCREASED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO COMPETE WITHIN AN EVOLVING GLOBAL ECONOMY. A. Ecourage ew opportuities i the gree ecoomy, with targeted small busiess icetives ad the recruitmet of ew talet to the area. 1. Help commuity based orgaizatios establish specialized workforce developmet facilities that promote traiig ad readiess for gree collar jobs 2. Recruit ew idustry to the area with the use of icetives, marketig, ad a prepared workforce. Work with local commuity groups to icrease the amout of resources that ca trai, market, ad prepare eighborhoods for ew idustry 3. Cotiue to market vacat idustrial buildigs as future opportuities for the evolvig gree ecoomy B. Cotiue the excellece ad diversity of Milwaukee s library system ad istitutios of higher learig allowig future expasio ad program coordiatio with local commuity groups. 1. Foster commuicatio ad coordiatio betwee istitutios of higher educatio, local commuity groups, ad residets to trai ad prepare for future employmet i the service idustry 2. Maitai ad ehace the diversity of specialized degrees to icrease the pool of employees i specific idustries 3. Ivestigate the expasio of istitutios o available lad i the city, so ew facilities become catalysts for additioal commuity developmet 4. Support the existig high level of diversity, accessibility, affordability ad accoutability of Milwaukee s istitutios of higher learig 5. Promote icreased coectios betwee the private ad public sectors ad istitutios of higher learig 6. Icrease adult educatio, literacy, ad GED preparatio, as well as soft skills, to icrease the pool of eligible employees 167 MILWAUKEE CITYWIDE POLICY PLAN

22 C. Esure the highest level of care for childre ad the highest level of educatioal quality ad diversity for school aged childre. 1. Promote procedures to esure certified ad licesed childcare facilities are operatig for the best iterest of the child ad providig a safe ad urturig eviromet. Work to improve idoor ad outdoor play spaces above State madated miimum requiremets 2. Cotiue to support the programs ad iitiatives of the Milwaukee Public Library that serve childre ad help prepare them for the future 3. Ecourage partership programs betwee local busiesses ad studets to provide metorig, iterships ad pathways to the future 4. Explore methods ad fudig sources to stregthe coectios betwee eighborhoods ad local schools, such as Lighted Schoolhouse programs, to esure schools serve as the heart of a eighborhood, icreasig social, educatioal ad recreatioal opportuities 5. Explore additioal opportuities for Milwaukee Public School ad library facilities to be available for commuity use after hours for eighborhood meetigs, adult educatio, orgaized sports, or other exercise activities 6. Work with commuity oprofits, busiesses, faith-based orgaizatios, ad residets to address issues impactig studet achievemet such as: poverty; physical, metal ad detal health; family employmet issues; housig; ad trasportatio 7. Cotiue the diversity of local public, private, ad faith-based educatio programs that serve the etire commuity COMMUNITY FACILITIES 168