Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
mission
To improve the health and well-being of Milwaukee and surrounding communities by providing quality patient-centered family-based health care, health education, and social services that’s free from linguistic, cultural, and economic barriers.
Aligned Work
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center provides education, training, and credentials through their medical assistant (MA) training program. Participants complete an intensive 8–10-week curriculum that blends clinical instruction, EHR skills, return demonstrations, in-services, and individualized coaching grounded in the realities of community health. Trainees are employed as MAs from day one and gain practical experience administering medications and vaccines, conducting screenings and point-of-care tests, supporting care coordination, and assisting with urgent and specialty services. (Reducing Barriers to Employment & Advancement)
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Inc. provides a comprehensive behavioral health intake and triage system that serves all mental health and substance use patients. (Mental Health Improvement Fund)