Emergency Contact Information
Life threatening situations – Please dial 911 |
Veterans Crisis Line Homeless or at Risk of Being Homeless |
Career Development and Job Resources
- O*Net Online
- Website: https://www.onetonline.org/
- VA Employment
VA Employment and resources
- Website: https://www.va.gov/careers-employment/#get-career-and-employment-assistance
- Veteran Readiness and Employment Service (VR&E) Chapter 31
- Website: https://uwm.edu/mavrc/campus/veterans-success-on-campus/
- Vet Success Counselor Virtual (On Campus (UW-Milwaukee))
Patrick Grube
Email: grube@va.gov
Phone: 414-902-1089 or 414-469-3842
- Vet Success Counselor Virtual (On Campus (UW-Milwaukee))
Food Resources
- Hunger Task Force Mobile Market Website: https://www.hungertaskforce.org/what-we-do/mobile-market/
- Latoya Marshall, Hunger Task Force Veterans Outreach
Phone: 414-331-0648
Email: marshall@hungertaskforce.org
- Latoya Marshall, Hunger Task Force Veterans Outreach
- Friedens Pantry
Website: https://friedenspantry.org/hope-house/- Phone: 414-289-6030
Gateway Technical College Resources (Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties)
- Gateway Admissions: https://www.gtc.edu/apply-gateway
- Veteran Support Services
- Phone: 262-564-2459
- Email: vargase@gtc.edu
- Tanya Doherty, Gateway School Certifying Official
- Phone: 262-574-2482
- Email: dohertyt@gtc.edu
Housing Resources
- Homeless Veterans Program
HUD-VASH: https://www.va.gov/homeless/hud-vash.asp- Barbara Gilbert, Program Manager
Phone: 414-342-2224
- Barbara Gilbert, Program Manager
- Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative
- Website: https://www.wisconsinvets.org/
- Phone: 414-257-4111
- Center for Veterans Issues
- Website: CVI Intake Form | The Center for Veteran’s Issues (cvivet.org)
Berdie Cowser, Bureau Director of Housing
Phone: 414-345-5000
Email: cowser@cvivet.org
- Website: CVI Intake Form | The Center for Veteran’s Issues (cvivet.org)
Veterans Affairs Addiction Programs and Treatment Services
- Website: https://www.milwaukee.va.gov/services/Addiction_programs_and_treatment.asp
- Phone: 414-384-2000, extension 45760
MATC Resources
- Admissions website: https://www.matc.edu/admissions-registration/index.html
- MATC Military Education Support Office (MESO)
- Email: MESO@matc.edu
- Phone: (414) 297-8263
- Benjamin Baerbock, MATC School Certifying Official
- Email: baerbocb@matc.edu
- Phone: 414-297-6394
- Student Accommodation Services
- Website: http://www.matc.edu/student-life-resources/student-support/student-accommodation-svcs.html
- Carla Eichelberger, Director
- Phone: 414-297-7847
- Email: eichelcr@matc.edu
Military Education Benefits and Resources
- MyWisVets Portal (State of Wisconsin Veterans Affairs): https://applications.dva.wisconsin.gov/myWisVets
- eBenefits Portal: https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Resources
- UWM Food Pantry: https://uwm.edu/studentassociation/uwmfcp/
Email: foodassist@uwm.edu - Joel Buschmann, UWM Admissions Transfer Specialist
- Website: https://uwm.edu/visit/
- Phone: 414-229-4318
- Email: buschma2@uwm.edu
- University of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington counties) Admissions
- Website: https://apply.wisconsin.edu/
- UWM MEBO (Military Education Benefits Office)
- https://uwm.edu/onestop/finances/veterans-services/
- James Schmidt, UWM School Certifying Official
- Phone: 414-229-6627
- Email: jds99@uwm.edu
- UWM MAVRC (Military and Veterans Resource Center)
- Website: https://uwm.edu/mavrc/
- James “Groovy” Cocroft, Associate Director
- MAVRC Phone: 44-229-7211
- Email: cocroftj@uwm.edu
- UWM ARC (Accessibility Resource Center)
- Website: https://uwm.edu/arc/
- Shannon Aylesworth, Director
- ARC phone: 414-229-6287
- Email: bros@uwm.edu
Additional Resources
Milwaukee VA Medical Center (Zablocki)
5000 W National Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53295
(414) 384-2000
Milwaukee County Veterans Service Office
(414) 266-1234 or (414) 266-1235
Racine County Veterans Service Office
(262) 638-6667
Waukesha County Veterans Service Office
(262) 548-7732
Other County Veteran Services Offices (CVSO)
Online at Locate your CVSO/TVSO – WICVSO.org