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Programs & Services

Lincoln Park Community Center offers individuals a variety of programs and services designed to assist an transition to improved quality of life. Our programs range from youth to seniors and from in school to incarcerated. However we can't do it alone. You can make a difference in this community and in the lives of many with any donation you can provide.

Job Find / Job Placement

Job Find/Job Placement is an employment assistance program targeting low income/at risk
adults. Job Find staff coordinate with participating new businesses. Corporations make information available regarding positions and training provided. Staff evaluates applicants identifying skill level, academic level and their needs and interests. Staff then matches the applicant with a participating corporation and/or assists the applicant with referrals for basic/remedial skills, if needed.

Prison Re-Intergration

This program is designed to link ex-offenders with support services which will assist in their reintegration into society. counseling, AA/NA/CA groups, housing assistance, job training/placement, remedial education, mentoring partnerships and anger/stress management classes, family counseling.

Hot Spot

Hot Spot still remains one of LPCC’s and Law Enforcement most lucrative on certain crimes, gang activity, drug dealers and keepers of drug houses. Reports provide residents with an anonymous way to report criminal activities Reports are submitted to LPCC and are then directed to the Law Enforcement Division .Gathering and compiling data from forms printed on a weekly basis in newspapers, which are filled out by anonymous tipsters on certain crimes, gang activity, drug dealers and drug houses. Reports are submitted by LPCC to local law enforcement partners.

Drugs
Shootings
Nuisance
Robbery

Reclaim The Streets

This program is designed to prepare pre- employable and market by assisting them in

the development of job skills. Youth are involved in a variety of “classroom” and
“hands on” training sessions.

Youth Fun Olympics

An annual two day athletic event for youth aged 6 to 18. Youth are interests

into teams competing for a mutual goal while reinforcing positive messages
to youth and their families of an alcohol-free and drug-free lifestyle.

Senior Wellness

This program provides Seniors with monthly activities designed to promote emotional and nutritional health. Seniors are involved in monthly meal programs, holiday events, legal issue

seminars, health maintenance check-ups and on-going socialization activities to date.

Gang Conferences

These conferences have taken place at local middle/high schools, as well as the Milwaukee

Police Academy. The conferences are designed to assist youth to avoid and displace themselves from gang activity. Adults, working with youth, are trained to be aware of the signs of gang participation.

Career Fair

These conferences have taken place at local middle/high schools, as well as the Milwaukee

National Disaster - Crisis Counseling Services

LPCC will provide expanded crisi counseling services in cooperation with Homeland Security, City of Milwaukee, County of Milwaukee and FEMA. FEMA Community Relations teams have been working closely with LPCC staff to distribute FEMA Individual Assistance information to community residents impacted by disasters which include but are not limited to the following:

Flooding
Disaster Damage
Mold and Mildew
Sewer Backup

Fatherhood

The LPCC Fatherhood Initiative is dedicated to giving our children a brighter future by educating and engaging fathers. No other issue is as pervasive and destructive as father absence. Father absence is strongly linked to poverty, teen pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, abuse, suicide, and a host of other issues. We strive to assist fathers in the areas of Child Support, maintaning a healthy relationship with child, mother and family etc.

GED
Employment
Wisconsin Drivers License
Birth Records
Child Support
Mentoring

Sanitation

The LPCC Sanitation Initiative is dedicated to adressing urban blight and restoring community pride by the collection and removal of trash, litter and other abandoned materials from vacant lots, sidewalks, yards and streets. We collect and remove the following materials:

Abandoned Autos
Trash and Litter
Leaves and other brush
Graffitti

Insight on Problem Gambling and Kleptomania

Problem gambling starts innocently enough - a recreational pursuit that is fun, sociable and exciting. For them that's all it is... just a form of entertainment among the many that enjoy. But for a growing number gambling becomes much more. It becomes a crippling addiction - like drugs or alcohol - that disrupts, compromises and even destroys personal, family and professional goals. At LPCC we provide counseling services for those stricken with problem gambling and other destructive behaviors such as compulsive stealing or Kleptomania.

Program Instructors

Ruth Varnado

Roxanne Ward

James Varnado