by Juwana Kujjo | Oct 25, 2021 | 2020 Annual Report, Business & Career Services
Consider it an introduction to the professional culinary world. ChefStart is a class that helps the home cook get professional accreditation needed to run a commercial kitchen. After taking the six-week ChefStart class, Jasmine Upshaw was marketable. Because she was...
by Juwana Kujjo | Oct 25, 2021 | 2020 Annual Report, Insights On Poverty
Advocacy The mission of the Social Development Commission (SDC) is two-fold. SDC empowers people with the resources to move beyond poverty. It provides programs and services like weatherization and income tax assistance. However, SDC does more than that. SDC is also...
by Juwana Kujjo | Oct 25, 2021 | 2020 Annual Report, Residential Services
When Erica Rocha and her husband moved into Milwaukee’s Burnham Park neighborhood, they found a great home for their young family. It was a house with lots of windows, a basement where children can play and a nice backyard. To the untrained eye, it was perfect....
by Juwana Kujjo | Oct 15, 2021 | 2020 Annual Report, Nutrition Services
SDC has fed Milwaukee County’s children for years. Whether it was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to go or a hot lunch at a local daycare center, SDC made sure children had access to at least one well-balanced meal a day. Then the pandemic hit. Suddenly, children...
by Juwana Kujjo | Oct 14, 2021 | 2020 Annual Report, Rental Assistance
In March 2020, life as we knew it stopped. The world was immobilized by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the months that followed, things got worse with a wave of massive unemployment, illness and death. People experiencing poverty were hit the hardest. People on the edge,...
by Juwana Kujjo | Aug 27, 2021 | 2020 Annual Report, Business & Career Services
“Even though you might start as the little worker doing all the little tasks you work your way up. Next thing you know, you’re the guy in charge. It feels good.” ~ Alex Last, Absolute Advantage Graduate When Alex graduated from high school, he was like many new...
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