"To preserve families and protect children while promoting self sufficiency"
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. has been providing youth and family social services to underserved low-income African American families since 1975. The majority of these families live in the neighborhoods near the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on 15th and Vliet Street in Milwaukee, WI. Median income of this highly vulnerable population ranges from less than $25,000 to $35,000. Services to youth focus on addressing violence; preventing incarceration and/or rearrest; teen pregnancy; and teen parenting. Services to families focus on parenting education; life skills development; employment readiness; and access to healthcare.
Keywords: Fathers, Families, Youth, Teen Pregnancy Preveniton, Parenting Education, Driver's Permit Education and Violence Prevention.