Dear Student Legal Clinic,A student in my class told me that he was homeless. How can I help a student like this?

Signed,
An MATC Teacher

Dear MATC Teacher,

You can call 211 Milwaukee to find out information about shelters. If you are calling from a cell phone or pay phone, call 414-773-0211 or 1-866-211-3380. 211 Milwaukee is a central access point for Milwaukee County residents who need assistance with family, health and social services. Assistance is available for emergency food, alcohol and drug abuse problems, health care, homelessness and emergency shelter, financial assistance, mental health care, legal assistance, housing concerns, and many more issues.

The 211@IMPACT Online Resource Directory is now FREE and available at www.referweb.net/ipct/

You may also want to tell this student to go the Repairers of the Breach day shelter. Homeless individuals not only find a warm place to stay during the day, but referrals to social service programs, employment resources, clothes, AODA resources, an address for mail to be sent, and food. Repairers of the Breach is undergoing an expansion and remodeling and will be providing some medical services in the near future.

You can find them on the web at www.repairers.org. The shelter is located at 1335 W. Vliet St. Milwaukee WI 53213.

For more information about community resources or legal problems, stop in the Student Legal Clinic in Room

M326, call 414-297-6630, or email [email protected].