U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Visits Milwaukee to highlight investments she brought home for the community

WISCONSIN – This week, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited Milwaukee to focus on federal investments she secured for neighborhood organizations via laws signed into legislation by President Biden earlier this yr.

At Green Bay Avenue Elementary, Senator Baldwin joined Milwaukee Public Colleges (MPS) Superintendent Dr. Keith Posley, Marquette College President Dr. Michael Lovell, and educators from the MPS Success Middle and Marquette Middle for Peacemaking. Baldwin labored to incorporate a $600,000 funding within the federal funding laws for the MPS Constructing Resiliency in Classroom Schooling (BRICE) program. The partnership between MPS and Marquette helps college students fighting psychological well being, tutorial, and/or behavioral challenges in underserved communities in Milwaukee and funds driver’s training to enhance entry to licenses and take away one other unnecessary barrier to employment whereas supporting a well-rounded training.

Senator Baldwin joined Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson; Chytania Brown, President & CEO Make use of Milwaukee; Patrick Pauly, Interim Superintendent of the Water Works; and Syreeta Woodly, Water Area Supervisor, Water Works, to announce a $2 million federal investment she helped secure to provide employment and job training services through Employ Milwaukee, in partnership with the Milwaukee Department of Water Works. The federal funding will assist construct a extra equitable workforce and deal with the vital want to extend the attention of high quality water utility jobs, particularly within the plumbing and development trades and together with those who straight assist lead pipe substitute.

At Marquette University (MU), Senator Baldwin met with college students and school on the MU College of Dentistry. Baldwin labored to incorporate over $1 million within the federal funding laws to ascertain a devoted particular wants dental clinic for kids and adults. This clinic will permit for more cost effective care, serve the next variety of sufferers throughout the state, and assist deal with the numerous disparities and poor outcomes within the particular wants inhabitants.

Senator Baldwin additionally efficiently secured $750,000 for the MU Schooling Preparedness Program, an initiative that gives pathways to greater studying for justice-impacted people in Milwaukee. As well as, Baldwin introduced residence $217,000 for the MU School of Nursing to assist persevering with training alternatives associated to geriatrics, ageing, and age-friendly care to clinicians, college, and college students and assist growing age-friendly well being methods in Wisconsin.

An internet model of this launch is offered right here.