Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
Find information about things to do and happenings in Milwaukee County.
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The Office for Persons with Disabilities believes it's important to:
"Employ Ability!"
Applicants with disabilities may be eligible for DECA if the disability impacts their ability to work or apply for jobs.
Check the current openings with Milwaukee County.
Your career starts here.
DVR is a federal/state program designed to obtain, maintain, and advance employment for people with disabilities.
MCTS operates all its routes with fully accessible low floor buses.
Provides transportation services to people who are unable to use county buses and are found eligible for paratransit services.
Transportation services to medical appointments, group shopping trips and to some meal sites for people 60 and older.
The Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles provides disabled plates and parking placards for people with disabilities.
The City of Milwaukee bike share program, Bublr Bikes, offers adaptive bikes for use by persons with all abilities.
Milwaukee County offers FREE Aira service at select Milwaukee County Locations.
Aira is an assistive service made possible through mobile technology, but brought to life by human interactions between users and remotely-located Aira agents. A camera embedded in a pair of smart glasses, or camera on your smartphone streams video to an agent’s computer dashboard, which also gives the agent access to GPS, Google Maps and rideshare services. Using this technology, Aira agents immerse themselves into the user’s world and delivers objective visual information to enhance efficiency and engagement when completing tasks or navigating new environments.
More information on how the application works can be found at Aira's website.
Milwaukee County has partnered with KultureCity to improve our ability to assist and accommodate citizens / guests with sensory needs. Our objective is to provide an inclusive and seamless experience for all citizens / guests including those with sensory needs. We strive to raise awareness of the needs and challenges faced by individuals with sensory processing disorders by supplying our staff with continuous training and by offering resources and accommodations to our citizens / guests. Milwaukee County offers the following sensory processing resources and accommodations at several locations (quiet areas, headphone zones, sensory bags (for use) with noise canceling headphones, fidgets, feeling zones cards, weighted lap pad and more).
The Commission promotes the independence of persons with disabilities, removes attitudinal and environmental barriers, promotes maximal level of independence with dignity for persons with disabilities, and has primary responsibility for assessing and finding solutions for the needs of Milwaukee County residents with disabilities.
Find dates for upcoming meetings, agendas and past meeting minutes through the county's Legislative Information Center (CLIC). This includes access to Aging & Disabilities Services committee meetings as well as the County Board of Supervisors meetings and more. You can also get email notifications for any of these meetings by signing up for E-Notify alerts.
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If you need a sign language interpreter, contact the appropriate Milwaukee County department, division, office and/or county employee and ask them to arrange for this accommodation.
To request a sign language interpreter for Milwaukee County Courts, complete a Milwaukee County Court - Interpreter Request form or email Natalie Nguyen at [email protected].
To request a sign language interpreter for the City of Milwaukee, please visit Request for Reasonable Accommodation or Modification.
To arrange for a sign language interpreter, complete and submit the form below.
Emergency phone: (414) 651-8109.
Milwaukee County employees can also arrange for the use of an assistive listening device (Pocketalker or FM Loop) by contacting the office at (414) 278-3932.
Fields marked with * are required
(Fill out the following section for the person needing the accommodation)
*Their Name:
(Fill out the following section using your own contact information, even if you are submitting this request on behalf of someone else)
*First Name:
*Last Name:
*Phone Number:
Email Address:
*Department Requesting:
*Date of appointment (MM/DD/YY):
*Time of appointment (include AM or PM):
*Length of Appointment (minutes):
*Address/Location of appointment:
Room Number of appointment:
*Purpose of appointment:
Additional Notes:
We received your request! We will contact you when we have an interpreter, or if we have more questions.
Thank you,
Jacqueline Formanek
414-239-5679
[email protected]