THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER
OF SAINT STEPHEN CONGREGATION
Service Learning Instructor: Lynn Kaestner
A presentation by:
Taylor Green, Brady Hammerer,
and Garrett Knuth
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Background of The Family Life Center (FLC):
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Located at 1441 West Oakwood Road, Oak Creek, WI 53154
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An emergency food pantry and clothing bank for children and adults.
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Only pantry in Southeastern Wisconsin that provides dental assistance
(toothbrushes, toothpaste, and dental floss).
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Partners with the Hunger Task Force and Feeding America to stock food
pantry.
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Food and clothing donations often come from the congregation.
The Family Life Center’s mission is:
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To provide a nurturing and supportive environment for growth.
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Becoming advocates for families to become resourceful for themselves by
helping to feed and clothes those in need.
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Working together with other community resources in the area to fulfill these
needs.
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Meeting needs of participants and working hard to provide food and
clothes for those in need within surrounding area.
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FLC Eligibility:
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Admits individuals with addresses from nine specific Milwaukee
County zip codes.
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An adult participant must bring a photo ID and a current piece of
mail (within last 30 days). Proof of minors.
Income Eligibility Required
Family of 1
$1,799
Family of 2
$2,425
Family of 3
$3,051
Family of 4
$3,677
Family of 5
$4,303
Family of 6
$4,929
Monthly Family Income Levels: (for each additional
person add $626)
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GOALS OF COMMUNITY MAPPING PROJECT
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To find poverty stricken areas where people are in need of food
assistance in specific Milwaukee County zip codes.
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These zip codes accepted by the FLC: Cudahy (53110),
Greendale (53130), Hales Corners (53132), Franklin (53154), Oak
Creek (53220), Greenfield (53228 & 53235), St. Francis (53172),
and South Milwaukee (53172).
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To create four maps that each illustrate different categorical
qualities of poverty in the specified zip codes.
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All four maps identify poverty stricken areas with different
approaches.
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MAP ILLUSTRATION
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These maps include legends and scales that help give a visual
representation of the statistical evidence.
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Each map contains a note dictation that describes the information
that is being presented within the specific map.
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The maps include the name of the city with the corresponding zip
codes along with all of the food pantry locations within the nine zip
codes. Street edges have been made transparent to understand
pantry locations.
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A directional compass is also incorporated to understand geospatial
positioning.
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
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Which zip codes contain the highest amount of married couples
with a yearly income of less than $10,000?
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Which zip codes contain the highest amount of families (4+) with
a yearly income of less than $10,000?
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Which zip codes contain the population with the most individuals
below the Federal Poverty Level of $11,770/yr.?
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Which zip codes contain the households that are enrolled in the
Food Stamp program?
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METHODS AND TECHNIQUES USED
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Obtained US Census Tiger shape files from http://www.census.gov/ to
download our base maps to ArcGIS.
Poverty related data obtained from the American Community Survey.
Went online used www.houseofpeacemilwaukee.org to find food
shelters in comparison with the designated zip codes.
Federal Poverty level guidelines webpage at www.dhs.Wisconsin.gov
Used Geocoding techniques - Matching different addresses of food
panty locations. Helpful in linking the different locations for more
accurate data.
Used the “join” feature to connect each base map with the desired
data.
Utilized the “cookie cutter” technique to isolate the sought after
Milwaukee County zip codes.
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RESULTS
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Cudahy had the worst score on
three out of four maps (except for
married couples yearly income).
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There seems to be a grouping of zip
codes for married couples with
yearly incomes less than $10,000
(Greenfield, Hales Corners, and
Greendale).
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St. Francis scored the worse on two
out of the four maps for both
married couples and family income
levels less than $10,000, and
second to worse for food stamp
usage and total population below
poverty level.
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RESULTS CONT.
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Franklin and Oak Creek were
similar throughout all four maps
(except in for Food Stamps Franklin scored very low
whereas Oak Creek was at the
medium mark).
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The most food pantries are
located in Oak Creek (this is
also where the population
total is the highest).
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INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS: SUGGESTIONS
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Overall, Cudahy and St. Francis are in need of the most assistance.
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More resources for St. Francis, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, and Greenfield
(53220) since they are listed as very below to extremely below the
Federal poverty level.
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Direct those living in St. Francis and Cudahy to Project Concern of
Cudahy for their poverty needs.
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The Risk Factor: Direct domestic abuse resources among the three zip
codes clustered together for married couples yearly income, which are
Greendale, Hales Corners, and Greenfield (53228).
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Future mapping could include domestic abuse incidents on the married
couples yearly income map to see if hot spots exist/develop.
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