Community Resource Navigators (CRNs)

With its partner agencies: the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee's Community Development Grants Administration, and Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/Building Industry Group & Skilled Trades Employment Program- WRTP | BIG STEP, Employ Milwaukee is training, employing, and deploying more than 100 individuals to community and neighborhood organizations, churches, shelters, isolation facilities and other public health staging areas to help:

• Mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through the distribution of public health information and resources
• Deliver medicine, food, clothing, shelter, and supplies to older or at-risk individuals
• Aid in contact tracing
• Provide information on how to access mental health resources to individuals suffering from significant additional psychological stress and anxiety about the ongoing public health concerns and their risk of exposure
• Provide information on how to access unemployment benefits, dislocated worker resources, or current job openings

These positions will:

• Last for a duration of 3 - 6 months
• Pay up to $17 an hour
• All work will be part time, but will include supportive services such as transportation and childcare
• Include specialized training on * Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by City of Milwaukee * Center for Disease Control (CDC) specific COVID-19 recommendations * OSHA 10-Hour General Industry (Healthcare) Course (as needed) * Equity Training

If you are interested in applying to join one of our CRN Teams, please click here.

If you are interested in being a host site for CRNs, please click here.

Or email: communityoutreach@employmilwaukee.org

Or call: 414-270-7575