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IndependenceFirst is Metro Milwaukee`s FIRST resource when people have questions regarding access and disability. We offer over 20 Programs and Services to people with disabilities of all kinds, in all age groups and provide programs on disability awareness, employment tips and access to the general community. Over 50% of our staff, managers and Board have disabilities themselves and this peer approach leads to excellent outcomes.
The Tumbleweed Program is a non-profit, community-based agency, founded in 1976, which provides services to runaway, homeless, and vulnerable youth and their families. Tumbleweed`s crisis counseling and youth services are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Tumbleweed`s vision is to end youth homelessness in our community. We do this through building and sustaining a top notch team and providing youth focused programming that evokes lasting life change.
The World Health Organizations mission: to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.
Opportunity Partners is one of the area`s largest social enterprise providing production services and workforce solutions to companies of all sizes since 1953. These partnerships solve production needs with quality work and predictable pricing. At the same time, the work creates meaningful and inclusive work opportunities for adults with disabilities, who bring passion and a strong work ethic to all they do. In addition to employment, we help people with disabilities experience success through residential programs that build community and independence. Our core company values of Impact, Choice, Heart and Partnership guide our work and create positive change in our communities.
Strada Education Network is a national nonprofit dedicated to improving lives by catalyzing more direct and promising pathways between education and employment. We engage partners across education, nonprofits, business and government to focus relentlessly on students` success throughout all phases of their working lives. Together, we address critical college to career challenges through strategic philanthropy, research and insights, and mission-aligned affiliates — all focused on advancing the universal right to realized potential we call Completion With a Purpose®.