Resources
AGENCY RESOURCE GUIDE:
NUTRITION RESOURCES
Children’s Health Education Center
A member of Children’s Hospital and Health Systems
1533 N. RiverCenter Drive, Milwaukee,
WI 53212
Phone: (414) 765-9355
The Children’s Health Education Center offers health & science
education and programs for children, teachers, parents and caregivers.
With a goal of keeping kids healthy and safe. The CHEC encourages
children to make a lifetime of healthy choices. Program materials and
topics include: Energy Extreme (Grade 4 & 5), 4 UR Health (Grade
6-8), and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention II (Grade 6-8).
For complete wellness education on line at: www.BlueKids.org.
City of Milwaukee Health
Department-Adolescent Community Health Program
Yvonne Greer, MPH, RD, CD, Nutrition
Coordinator
Northwest Health Center
7630 West Mill Road, Milwaukee, WI
53218-1199
Phone: (414) 286-3619; Fax: (414)
286-5479
E-mail: ygreer@milwaukee.gov
The City of Milwaukee Health Department provides a wide range of
health-related services that help promote good health and development
throughout the lifecycle, including providing nutrition information,
and numerous WIC Clinics throughout the city of Milwaukee.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
(CSFP)
The program is known locally as Stockbox, and is managed by the Hunger
Task Force. Call 2-1-1 to find the nearest food pantry and other
resources.
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides supplemental
foods donated by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program
also provides nutrition education to eligible persons through state and
local agencies. The overall goal of CSFP in Wisconsin is to initiate
the program as a benefit to eligible seniors, and as an extension of
the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
(WIC) in Wisconsin. (Mothers and children may not participate in WIC
and CSFP at the same time.) Eligible persons include: pregnant,
breastfeeding and post-partum women; infants; children up to their
sixth birthday; and elderly persons age 60 and over. To participate,
individuals must be income-eligible and live in Milwaukee or Waukesha
County.
Grandparents United for Children’s
Rights, Inc.
Ethel Dunn, Executive Director
137 Larkin Street, Madison, WI
53705-5115
Phone: (608) 238-8751; Fax: (608)
238-8751
E-mail: sedun@inxpress.net
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/grandparent/map.html
GRAND is intended to give grandparents and relatives a quick overview
of services, programs, and places to start looking for resources and
how to access them. The guide also provides tips and general
information for grandparents and relatives as they take on the
responsibilities of parenting again.
Hunger Task Force, Inc.
201 S. Hawley Court, Milwaukee, WI
53214
Phone: (414) 777-0483; Fax: (414)
777-0480
Hunger Task Force is a private, non-profit community organization that
exists to prevent and alleviate hunger through advocacy and food
banking. Hunger Task Force believes that every person has a right to
adequate food obtained with dignity. The HTF works to prevent hunger
and malnutrition by providing food to people in need today and by
promoting social policies to achieve food security
tomorrow.
Milwaukee County UW-Extension
Nutrition Education Program
932 South 60th Street, West Allis,
Wisconsin 53214-3369
Rosamaria Martinez-Nutrition Program
Administrator
Phone: 414-290-2440; Fax: 414-290-2490
rosamaria.martinez@ces.uwex.edu
Cheryl Moza-Lead Nutrition Educator
Phone: 414-290-2426; Fax: 414-290-2490
cheryl.moza@ces.uwex.edu
The Milwaukee County UW-Extension Nutrition Education program helps
limited resource families and individuals choose healthful diets,
purchase and prepare healthful food and handle it safely, and become
more food secure by spending their food dollars wisely.
Milwaukee Public Schools Division of
School Nutrition Services (SNS)
5225 West Vliet Street, Rm # 31,
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Kymm Mutch, MS, RD, CD, SNS
Administrator
Phone: (414) 475-8362; Fax: (414)
475-8376
Barbara Rodriguez Graf, MS, RD, CD,
Supervising Dietitian-Nutrition, Health & Wellness
Phone: (414) 475-8368; Fax: (414)
475-8376
Milwaukee Public Schools provides nutritious, well-balanced meals
(breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks) to school-aged children in
accordance with the United States Dept of Agriculture (USDA) National
School Lunch and Breakfast programs.
NEW Kids Clinic
The NEW (Nutrition, Exercise and Weight Management) Kids™ Program at
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
To refer a patient phone: (414) 266-6864; Fax: (414) 266-4709
The NEW Kids™ Program at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is geared
toward a holistic treatment of pediatric overweight for children ages
2-18. It involves a coordinated effort of nurse practitioners,
psychologists, dietitians, physical therapists and physicians. The NEW
Kids Clinic at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin offers a
multidisciplinary team to care for and design individual treatment
plans for children with medical problems caused by being overweight.
The NEW Kids Clinic only sees patients with medical co-morbidities and
by physician referral.
NEW Kids at the Y
Southwest YMCA
Lydia Witkiewicz
Phone: (414) 329-3874; Fax: (414)
546-9630
Schroeder YMCA
Kristi Gorsline
Phone: (414) 354-9622; Fax: (414)
354-0309
Northside YMCA
Porsche Carmon
Phone: (414) 324-4140; Fax: (414)
374-3459
West Suburban YMCA
Christine McBride
Phone: (414) 454-4669; Fax: (414)
778-4955
NEW Kids at the Y is a community-based program that takes place at four
branches of the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee. This program provides
families with basic nutrition, behavior change and exercise education
in a comfortable, family-friendly atmosphere. NEW Kids at the Y is open
to children with overweight without a medical co-morbidity, but does
require physician clearance for participation.
