Following the abrupt closure of City on a Hill on April 3, Health Connections Inc. has taken the lead role in organizing providers, agencies and community members to respond to the growing health care gap affecting hundreds of patients and families across Milwaukee.
The healthcare nonprofit’s leaders emphasized during a meeting on April 30 that the work is far from over.
“We will continue to create space so that persons in our community can understand what’s happening with the 525 clinical patients,” said Quinton Cotton, co-founder of MKE Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity, which works in partnership with Health Connections. “What’s happening with these 1,200 families? How is Milwaukee coming together, stepping up, ensuring that those people have access to the care and services that they need?”
Immediate needs
Ericka Sinclair is a co-founder of MKE Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity and founder and CEO of Health Connections Inc. She’s urging former City on a Hill patients to call her organization directly for assistance, while also directing general inquiries to 211…