A service and support program is only as good as the ability to access it. This concern was raised at the January 16 meeting of the Make It Work Milwaukee Coalition of health and human service providers. Cutting funding for intake and other staff—or not increase staff along with increasing caseloads—can put people in jeopardy. It also can waste the money poured into the program itself.
The Milwaukee County Department on Aging has built some economic support positions into its own budget to make sure that older adults get into and through “the system” without the delays and frustrations that others may encounter.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial cartoonist Stuart Carlson weighed in on the subject with this cartoon January 15. We’d love to hear from you about your solutions to intake and access problems you’ve encountered!
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