Five people standing on a fire truck
Community Impact Grant

Building the Public Safety Workforce

A strong and skilled public safety workforce is vital to community health and safety. The Madison Fire Department (MFD), which responds to 35,000 calls annually, is using a Wisconsin Partnership Program grant to create a new career development pathway for students interested in fire service.

Tammy Kincaid and Crystal Meier
Community Impact Grant

Supporting Youth as They Leave Foster Care

While high school graduation is usually a happy milestone, for youth aging out of foster care it is a deadline that means they must move out of foster homes within 24 hours and move into public housing. Younger graduates face the deadline when they turn 18.

Three individuals standing with trays of food
Community Impact Grant

Seeds to Table in Oneida Life

On a Wednesday morning in May, the kitchen at Ukwakhwa (Oneida for “Our Foods”) is buzzing with the energy of a restaurant kitchen during dinner rush and perfumed with the smells of a delicious meal that is almost ready.

A horse
Community Impact Grant

Riding in the Moment

Riding in the Moment, a community-academic partnership supported by the Wisconsin Partnership Program, is helping to improve the health and quality of life for individuals and families living with dementia.

Two women walking outside with a stroller
Community Impact Grant

Improving Health for Mothers and Babies Through Care Coordination and Connection

When Kim Ashford, a community health worker with ConnectRx Wisconsin peeks into the stroller and sees six-month-old KaCee Curry babbling and kicking his legs, she breaks into a big smile like a proud aunt.

Stephanie Dodge in a greenhouse. The back of their shirt says: Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition
Community Impact Grant

Creating a Culturally Vibrant Food System

There was a moment when Gary Besaw knew the work to improve the food systems for the Indigenous people of Wisconsin was paying off, and it happened in the greeting card aisle of the Walmart in Shawano.

Marshfield Clinic Health System Community Connections Team
Community Impact Grant

Connecting Clinics, Campuses and Communities to Improve Health

From an office in Hibbard Hall on the UW-Eau Claire campus, neuroscience major Samantha Thompson works the phones, looking for resources across central and northern Wisconsin that can help keep people healthy.

porridge in cups
Community Impact Grant

Promoting Food Sovereignty Among Indigenous Communities

The Oneida Nation is developing a model of programming that promotes traditional food ways, agriculture, and cultural identity among Indigenous communities as a comprehensive approach to reducing health disparities and improving health and health care.

Community Impact Grant

Advancing School-Based Mental Health Care

Advancing School-Based Mental Health in Dane County is a five-year $1 million Community Impact Grant award to the Madison Metropolitan School District that will develop an innovative model to provide care that's easily accessible to students.

Community Impact Grant

Improving Health by Addressing Housing Instability

A grant to Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Milwaukee’s largest federally qualified health center, supports the organization’s work to build a strong foundation of community health by addressing housing instability in its community.