Education Strengthens Milwaukee's Families

UW-Extension Family Living programs strengthen Milwaukee's families by helping them learn more about raising children, managing their money, purchasing and maintaining a home, and eating nutritious meals.

We also train the staff of financial institutions and family and youth serving agencies on topics such as poverty, home visiting, home ownership counseling and child development. By training the staff of private businesses and public agencies, we reach many more Milwaukee families.

Foreclosure Prevention
Many homeowners in Milwaukee and across the state are losing their homes largely because they cannot make the escalating payments on adjustable rate mortgages. The Foreclosure Prevention Education Program raises community awareness of predatory lending by working with professional and consumer groups to provide consumers with resources to prevent foreclosures and make informed lending choices.

Parenting and Child Development
Raising children is the hardest job in the world. We need consistent practice in parenting skills until we become comfortable and confident putting them to use. For more information on raising children, visit our Parenting and Child Development web pages. For information about training for staff of family and youth-serving agencies, contact the Milwaukee County Family Living Educator, Cynthia Muhar at 414-290-2420.

Professional Training for Home Visitors
Home Visitation programs promote parent and child interaction, healthy child development, and positive parenting skills and decrease child abuse and neglect among low income families. UW-Extension trains professionals who visit families in their homes during pregnancy, at birth and through the first year or more of the child's life. To learn more, go to our Home Visitor Training web site.

Fulfilling the Promise Conference: Supporting and Educating Parents
March 11 & 12
Country Springs Hotel & Conference Center
2810 Golf Road, Waukesha
Download the conference brochure ( 772 KB, 8 pages)
For more information, contact Kimberly Porter, 414-290-24221 or kimberly.porter@ces.uwex.edu

Poverty Awareness for Community Engagement (PACE)
Milwaukee County UW-Extension offers custom-designed training for professionals who work with people living in poverty. This training provides key lessons for understanding social class, gender, white privilege, oppression, and racism. To learn more about the training and how to schedule a session for your organization, go to our Poverty Awareness web page.