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Welcome to Milwaukee County

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.

Our County

We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.

Residents

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.

Businesses

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.

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Mission, Vision & Staff

Who We Are and What We Do

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Mission

It is the mission of the Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD) to effectively employ Milwaukee County and community resources to ensure that people with disabilities share equally in programs, services and facilities of the County. The Office will provide high quality, responsive services that enhance self-sufficiency, personal safety, economic opportunity and quality of life for all people with disabilities.

Vision

Our vision is for Milwaukee County to be the most accessible and inclusive county in the country where all persons with disabilities are able to enjoy a high quality of life free from barriers that hinder full and equal participation.

Staff

Jacqueline Formanek

Interim Director, Office for Persons with Disabilities

(414) 239-5679, Voice

[email protected]

Location

Office for Persons with Disabilities

1230 W. Cherry Street

Milwaukee, WI 53205

(414) 278-3932, Voice

(414) 278-3939, Fax

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