Community Advocates' leadership created the Public Policy Institute in 2008 to address the root causes of poverty through policy advocacy and community collaboration on economic and public health issues.
Community Advocates' leadership created the Public Policy Institute in 2008 to address the root causes of poverty through policy advocacy and community collaboration on economic and public health issues.
Our projects seek to empower low-income communities in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin by developing nonpartisan public policy, building community coalitions, and preventing the root causes of poverty before they cause harm to individuals, families, and the community.
We are building the technical expertise of local human services professionals and interested community members through a variety of training opportunities focused on substance abuse, mental health, and coalition building.
Our calendar is full of training opportunities, coalition meetings, conversations, and outreach events.
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QPR provides information on how to broach the subject of suicide with someone who may be struggling with those thoughts. Many of us hesitate because we don’t know how to start, or we’re afraid of what the answer might be. It’s natural and okay to feel anxious when we see a loved one in distress, but we cannot let that stop us from stepping in and asking the hard questions.
On August 27, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute’s Kat Becker, the coordinator of the Southeast Region of the Alliance for Wisconsin Youth, facilitated a Responding to Addiction training for individuals looking to better understand addiction and Substance Use Disorder (SUD). The Addiction Policy Forum developed the Responding to Addiction multi-disciplinary workshop to increase knowledge about addiction, improve helping behaviors toward individuals living with a Substance Use Disorder, correct misconceptions about addiction, and reduce stigma.
On the 90th anniversary of FDR’s signing of the Social Security Act, PPI’s Senior Fellow David Riemer released a comprehensive research report on How a Work-Based Policy Package Can Reduce US Poverty.
