Credible resources, programming, and trusted relationships for the people who make up a family.
Who it is for
Stronger families do not all look the same.
The Community Door is open to mothers, children, fathers, co-parents, caregivers, kinship caregivers, extended family, and other safe support systems around a child. If you are part of holding a family together, this door is for you.
Our work honors safe reconnection, co-parenting, kinship support, caregiving, and chosen family when they are centered on safety and the well-being of the child. We do not require a family to look one particular way to be supported.
Who walks through
Everyone in the picture.
Mothers and children
Whether or not housing is part of the picture, and whether or not you have been part of a Nia Imani program before.
Fathers and co-parents
Fathers and co-parents raising, supporting, or working toward safe involvement with their children.
Kinship caregivers
Grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and other relatives raising children who are not their own.
Extended and chosen family
The people a family counts on, whether or not the relationship is legal or biological.
Families who lived here
Residency ends. Relationship does not. Former residents stay connected through this door.
Neighbors and community
People looking for credible information about what exists in Milwaukee and how to reach it.
What you can access
Credible resources,
and someone to
walk through them with.
Families deserve access to resources they can trust. The difference between a phone list and a warm referral is whether anyone follows up.
We connect families to credible information, supportive services, and community partners, and we stay in it long enough to know whether the connection actually worked.
Community Door services
What is available.
Resource navigation
Help identifying what exists, what you qualify for, and how to reach it — with warm referrals rather than a handoff.
Programming
Workshops and sessions led by Nia Imani staff and trusted community partners.
Partner services
Access to services delivered on site or through partners we know and vouch for.
Safe connection support
Support for co-parenting, kinship care, and safe reconnection, centered on the well-being of the child.
Continued relationship
A place to return. Check-ins, connection, and support that does not expire on a program end date.
Community gatherings
Events and gatherings that build the relationships families rely on between crises.
For partners
Refer a family,
or bring a service in.
The Community Door works because of the partners behind it. If you are a service provider, clinic, school, congregation, or agency, there are two ways to work with us: send families our way, or deliver your service through this door.
Invest in stability.
Strengthen futures.
Your partnership helps families access safe housing, credible resources, and community connections that create lasting change.
