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The west side of downtown Milwaukee has long been considered the poor stepsister of the downtown’s east side. During...

When a parent has mental illness, the entire family can be torn apart, and children can become invisible to the social welfare system. To address that disconnect, the Mental Health Association (MHA) in Milwaukee County, under the guidance of president and chief executive officer Martha Rasmus, created the Invisible Children’s Program (ICP) to address the gap in services available to families and reduce the negative impact mental illness has on a family.

For years, MacArthur Square has been one of the least-visited venues in downtown Milwaukee. Public access to the massive park, located just east of the Milwaukee County Courthouse on top of a parking garage and one story above street level, is poor.

Local hospitals whose main focus is on medical and surgical services can have a difficult time offering a fiscally viable behavioral health unit, according to David Moulthrop, president and chief executive officer of Oconomowoc-based Rogers Memorial Hospital.

“Behavioral health care is really an area of health care where funding is very poor,” Moulthrop said. “There are caps on typical insurance benefits, so reimbursements are often money losers for hospitals.”

Insurance companies often impose reimbursement caps for behavioral health treatment at no higher than $8,000, Moulthrop said.

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After a long career defending hospitals as a medical malpractice attorney, Thomas Smallwood retired. These days, he lives in Wisconsin during the warmer months and in California during the colder months. And he has become a full-time community service agent.

“Community service is the rent you pay for the space you occupy in the community,” he says. “I felt it was important to do volunteer work in the community.”