Health & Human Services

For 2009 furlough information, please click here.

The mission of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services is to secure human services for individuals and families who need assistance in living a healthy, independent life in our community.

The Department of Health and Human Services consists of the following seven divisions:  Economic Support, Delinquency and Court Services, Disabilities Services, Management Services, Behavioral Health, County Health Programs and Housing.

All seven divisions report to the office of the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.

To view the 2009 Operating Budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, please click on the links below:

Behavioral Health Division

County Health Programs

Department of Health and Human Services 

To link to the County Board Health & Human Needs Committee, click here.

No otherwise qualified applicant for service or service participant shall be excluded from participation, be denied benefits, or otherwise be subject to discrimination in any manner on the basis of race, color, national origin or ancestry, age, sex, disability or association with a person with a disability. Under the Food Stamp Act and USDA policy, discrimination is also prohibited on the basis of religion, political beliefs or affiliation. This policy covers eligibility for the access to services, and treatment in all of the department's programs and activities.

Ninguna persona que solicite servicios para los que esté calificada de otro modo será negada beneficios, o sometida de cualquier otro modo a discriminación en base a su raza, color, nacionalidad de origen o antepasados, sexo, religión, edad, o incapacidades. Esta directiva se refiere a la elegibilidad y acceso a nuestros servicios, y al tratamiento recibido en todos nuestros programas y actividades.

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