Community Advocates
Mission
To provide individuals and families with advocacy and services to meet their basic needs so they may live in dignity.
Aligned Work
Community Advocates provides shelter and housing support through a 24/7 Emergency Shelter for families in Milwaukee County. Their program includes trauma-informed case management focused on rapid stabilization and services that allow families to remain safely housed while addressing the underlying causes of their housing crisis. Families in shelter are connected to income support, benefits enrollment, employment resources, and budget assistance to reduce the risk of future housing instability. (Safe & Stable Homes)
Community Advocates provides flexible financial assistance through the Housing Stability Fund. The Fund provides targeted, time-limited assistance that resolves housing crises before families enter emergency shelter or experience homelessness. The Fund prioritizes early intervention and rapid stabilization for families at imminent risk of eviction, utility shutoff, or housing loss due to temporary economic hardship to intervene before a crisis escalates. (Safe & Stable Homes)
Community Advocates clinic/community based mental wellness program Florecer/Flourish is a collaborative project between Escucha Tus Emociones, a well-established Latinx community-based mental health initiative, and Community Advocates (CA). Florecer expands Escucha Tus Emociones’ culturally affirming, evidence-based, and trauma-informed model to serve Latinx youth (ages 15-18) while also training and mentoring young adults (ages 18-21) to become facilitators and Peer Support Specialists. (Teen Mental Wellness: Empowering Minds)
Community Advocates’ Escucha Tus Emociones program is a community-based mental health initiative rooted in culture and focused on prevention/early intervention, healing, and emotional support for the Latinx community in response to longstanding barriers to mental health access and the increased stress, fear, and emotional distress intensified by the anti-immigrant climate. (Mental Health Improvement Fund)