October 2006

Generation 2017 gets started with a generous grant from the Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation.  Our Next Generation is partnering with two elementary schools, Westside Academy I (32nd and Brown) and Urban Leaque Leadership Academy (38th and North). 

Generation 2017 will work with a group of at-risk children from an economically disadvantaged area of Milwaukee beginning in their early elementary school years, through high school and into college or vocational training, with the goal of providing them with the skills and tools needed to make positive contributions to their communities. Because the majority of children in the program’s geographic area are likely to fail or drop out of high school, Generation 2017 is designed to provide them with year-round programming that will follow them throughout their critical developmental years.

Programming will consist of academic, cultural, social and recreational activities as well as personal development, and will include family members, teachers, school administrators, tutors and mentors. Scholarships will be provided when these students graduate from high school to help launch them into productive careers. We expect significant personal and academic success, and expanded aspirations for those who might otherwise not have been able to envision a productive, successful future.   Further funding is being sought to meet the high number of children/families applyiing to this program.

September 2006

High School Connection receives expansion funding and support from Forest County Potawatomi Foundation, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and Northwestern Mutual Foundation.

September 2006

L.I.N.K, the agency's new middle school program, launched in fall of 2006. The program provides tutoring, academic and recreational programs, and personal issue exploration to 7th and 8th graders.  This program will help middle school children excel academically, develop short and long range goals, receive support to make wise personal decisions, and work with their families to apply to high schools where they can do well academically.