![]() ![]() Williams is a mother and focuses her efforts on single women and children “because it hurts her to see a mom with her kids on the street struggling for their next meal.” But for her, providing a meal isn’t enough. “We shouldn’t have any homeless people out here.” Her Queens Of Faith organization provides housing in several properties in the neighborhood near North 34th Street and Highland Boulevard. Milwaukee Entrepreneur-activist Bianca Williams also provides transitional living for the homeless. “They aren’t bad people and we are simply trying to meet that need.” “Many of them are people who are simply in need,” he explains. Vice President of Programs at Milwaukee Rescue Mission, Dan Brown, says people tend to think they’re better than the homeless because of economic differences. Both the women and men’s shelters are open 24/7. Likewise, the Mission’s Safe Harbor program provides men not only with food and shelter but the tools for building lives of self-sufficiency. Through their Joy House, they provide shelter, meals and life skills classes for women and children until they’re able to get on their feet. It started as a homeless shelter for men but has expanded into a safe haven for all. 19th St., the Rescue Mission is a Christian-based organization working in Milwaukee since 1893. Fortunately, a variety of organizations and community members are fighting the symptoms of the problem by providing shelter for the homeless. ![]() The plight of homeless people is serious year round but becomes especially moving during the bitter winds of a Wisconsin winter. Society has created a negative image of citizens who fall flat on their bottom and end up living on the streets, even if many of us are only a few paychecks away from being homeless. The Milwaukee Rescue Mission broke ground on a North Campus expansion in November 2017. ![]()
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