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September 6, 2016

United Way support helps IMPACT serve people facing tough times

After Trenton's mother got sick, he reduced his work hours to be her full-time caregiver. As a result, he no longer qualified for his own health insurance. IMPACT is a proud community partner with United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County, which supports the Milwaukee Health Care

Trenton has something to ask you:

Will you help support United Way?

Please click on the image above to watch my video and see what happens when our community Lives United.

Partnership. Together, we ensure that people like Trenton get connected to quality health care resources such as the Bread of Healing Clinic.

Trenton's story is featured in a new video series produced by United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County. The 2016 campaign kicked off September 1 with a goal to raise over $60 million. And they need your help.

A gift to the United Way Community Fund ensures that your donation is invested where the need is greatest. IMPACT has benefited from United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County campaigns since the 1970s and we received $818,000 in the last funding cycle. As a result, IMPACT was able to provide free and confidential assessment, consultation and referral to people seeking alcohol and drug abuse programs; health care; food and shelter; and other life-stabilizing services.

IMPACT 2-1-1 logs over

15,000 calls in August

IMPACT Community Resource Specialists broke a record last month by responding to 15,202 calls. August 29 hit 725 calls, the highest single-day total in over two years.

The previous record for call volume in a single month was set July 2010 when 14,752 calls were logged, including reports of severe flood damage during a community disaster in Milwaukee County.

Through August 31st of this year, IMPACT 2-1-1 answered 103,558 calls, which surpassed the eight-month total from 2014 when the hotline logged a record 102,308 calls.

IMPACT to Evaluate a Collaborative Effort to Improve Youth Mental Health

The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW) has funded a new initiative aimed at improving behavioral health across the state. The Milwaukee Home, School, and Community Collaboration (MHSCC) is one of 10 funded coalitions statewide that will spend the next year collaborating to develop effective plans to improve behavioral health in their communities.

The MHSCC coalition, with representation from Mental Health America of Wisconsin , NAMI Greater Milwaukee , and 10 other organizations , will focus on youth mental health in Milwaukee County. One in seven children in the United States suffers from mental illness. However, the CDC reports that less than 20% of these children receives necessary treatment. MHSCC seeks to address this problem at the local level by developing coordinated and effective prevention and early intervention strategies throughout the County.

IMPACT Planning and Evaluation is serving as the Community Evaluator for the MHSCC project. Working in partnership with MHSCC's Project Director and the coalition, IMPACT will lead the evaluation of the coalition's activities and support local efforts to develop an effective, results-based plan. In addition, IMPACT will work with the partner team from the Medical College of Wisconsin to contribute to the broader evaluation of the new AHW initiative. Future phases of the initiative will include evaluation of the implementation of the coalition's plans and working with the initiative to share best practices and results.

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