Conversations to Creating a Healthy Community

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Kirsten Johnson, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Caroline Gómez-Tom, Milwaukee County Supervisor and Southeast Regional Lead for Covering Wisconsin; Justin Rivas, Director of Community Health Initiatives for the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership/Milwaukee Enrollment Network  DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Wisco...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Clare Martell, DHHS Suicide Prevention Coordinator; Vaynesia Kendrick, Co-Chair of Prevent Suicide Greater Milwaukee  DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Clare Martell, DHHS Suicide Prevention Coordinator, and Vaynesia Kendrick, Co-Chair of Prevent Suicide Greater Milwaukee, for a conversation about suicide prevention efforts across Mi...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Marcelia Nicholson-Bovell, Chairwoman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors; Emily Kenney, DHHS Strategic Initiatives and Transformation Director  DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson-Bovell and Emily Kenney, DHHS Strategic Initiatives and Transformation Director for a conversa...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain, DHHS Executive Director  Guests: Amy Lorenz, Administrator, Behavioral Health Services; David Comer, Administrator, Child Support Services DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Amy Lorenz, Administrator of Behavioral Health Services, and David Comer, Administrator of Child Support Services, for an introduction of two of Milwaukee County DHHS’s...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Desilynn Smith, Executive Director of Uniting Garden Homes, Inc. and Chair of DHHS Combined Community Services Board; Toto Chanthavixay, Director of DHHS Children’s Disabilities Programs DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Desilynn Smith of Uniting Garden Homes and Toto Chanthavixay of Milwaukee County DHHS Children’s Disabilities Prog...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Denise Callaway, Host of “Connect MKE” on MY24/CW18 and Chair of the Commission on Aging; Emily Peterson, DHHS Aging Services Project Manager and Policy Advocate DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Denise Callaway of the Commission on Aging and Emily Peterson of Milwaukee County Aging Services for a conversation about programs and part...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Ken Ginlack, CEO of Serenity Inns and Milwaukee County Mental Health Board Member; Jennifer Wittwer, Director of Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS); Brian McBride, Director of Wraparound Milwaukee-Children’s Community Mental Health Services DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Ken Ginlack of Serenity Inns, Jennifer Wittwer of...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Ken Ginlack, CEO of Serenity Inns and Milwaukee County Mental Health Board Member ; Jennifer Wittwer, Director of Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS); Brian McBride, Director of Wraparound Milwaukee-Children’s Community Mental Health Services DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Ken Ginlack of Serenity Inns, Jennifer Wittwer of...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: David Muhammad, DHHS Deputy Director; Reggie Moore, Medical College of Wisconsin Director of Community Safety Policy and Engagement DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Reggie Moore of the Medical College of Wisconsin and DHHS Deputy Director David Muhammad for a conversation about Milwaukee County’s collaborative approach to community...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: Priscilla Coggs-Jones, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor; Elizabeth Coggs, Former Milwaukee County Board Supervisor and Wisconsin State Representative DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Priscilla Coggs-Jones and Elizabeth Coggs for a conversation about the legacy of their mother and grandmother, trail...

Host: Shakita LaGrant-McClain Guests: David Crowley, Milwaukee County Executive; Jim Mathy, Housing Services Administrator DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Housing Services Administrator Jim Mathy for a conversation about housing, homelessness, and the role affordable housing plays in community health. Together, they discuss...