2021 AMANI REPORT

Education & Family Well-Being

WHAT AMANI WILL DO: Increase family well-being and life-long learning. INDICATOR OF SUCCESS: • Amani Residents serve on decision making teams in neighborhood organizations. • Organizations serving Amani connect with residents that need the services provided. • Amani Residents have access to all services needed to have positive family well-being.

ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF AMANI LAS Provided Guidance to Residents in 113 Legal Matters The Legal Aid Society re-

mains actively engaged in the Amani Neighborhood through the pandemic. For the safety of staff and the public, our downtown office remains closed and we have paused our outreach at Coffee Makes You Black, House of Peace and the McCannon Brown Home- less Sanctuary. We continue to conduct intake via an online formon our website (www.lasmilwaukee.com) and phone intake at (414) 727-5300. Legal Aid’s advocacy on behalf of Amani Neighborhood residents continues in these virtual formats, informed by residents’ expressed needs. In 2021 alone, Legal Aid lawyers provided legal guidance and representation to 53206 res- idents in 113 total legal mat- ters, inclusive of consumer law issues, unemployment and SSI

and webpage posts, which provide updates on the state of the law as well as critical resources and ever-chang- ing public funding. Our social media sites can be found at: facebook.com/LASMilwaukee; wwww.lasmilwaukee.com. The Legal Aid Society of Mil- waukee is honored to partner with Amani Neighborhood res- idents to advance education and family well-being through impactful legal services.

appeals, among others. Such advocacy educates and em- powers residents about their le- gal rights today and tomorrow. Our in-person seminars have been replaced for the time being by our Facebook

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