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Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: Non-profit provider of home improvement materials to those within milwaukees designated redevelopment zone.
Programs: Community warehouse served over 2300 members who received over 200,000 household items to improve their households. Community warehouse and milwaukee working provided jobs for 46 people: 38 employees on payroll plus 8 transitional job staff. 29 full time employees were formerly incarcerated, unemployed, underemployed, never employed, or have come from a background challenged lives and provided full time employment. Training in various skills including forklift certification, warehouse management, employment dependability, and general work and life skills. Many had been unemployed for months and could not find gainful employment elsewhere.