Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability
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Transcript of Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability
Center forDriver’sLicenseRecovery & Employability
2014 Biennial Community Meeting
Friday, September 19, 2014Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
Today’s speakers & awardees Janice Falkenberg
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Myra EdwardsMistress of Ceremonies
State Senator Nikiya Harris DoddState Senator Glenn GrothmanState Senator Jerry Petrowski State Representative Garey Bies (by video)State Representative Sandy PaschChampions of low-income Wisconsin drivers
Reverend Willie BriscoMilwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH)
Lois Quinn & John PawasaratUniversity of Wisconsin Milwaukee-Employment & Training Institute (UWM-ETI)
Partners
Wisconsin Community Services (WCS)
Legal Action of WisconsinMilwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
City of Milwaukee
Mission
To increase the number of valid, low-income drivers in
Milwaukee County.
Four Objectives
Provide direct service to low-income drivers whose suspensions are not for serious safety violations;
Provide educational advocacy through policy & legislative changes;
Increase access to driver’s education; and
Increase community awareness about the impact of driver’s license suspensions and revocations.
Direct Service
Historic Outcomes (March 1, 2007-August 31, 2014)
12,726 Referrals 4,690 Cases Managed/Closed 2,759 Licensed Drivers4,470 Additional “Advice” Cases58.8% Success Rate
Educational Advocacy
Advocacy Victories
The bi-partisan law changes for which the CDLRE has advocated positively impact over 100,000 Wisconsin drivers each year.
Advocacy Victories Highlights:
Retroactive application of Habitual Traffic Offender revision, resulting from 2005 Wis. Act 25: Over 8,000 safe drivers were released from HTO status
2009 Wis. Act 8, which eliminated mandatory license suspensions upon conviction on criminal drug charges: Over 8,000 suspensions per year
2009 Wis. Act 102, which eliminated mandatory revocations upon repeat convictions for Operating While Suspended/Revoked & retroactive application: Over 40,000 drivers had revocations released on just one day
2011 Wis. Act 112, which shortened suspensions for nonpayment of damage judgments from 20 years to 5 & retroactive application: Over 3,000 Wisconsin drivers each year
Driver’s Education
Young Drivers Campaign
Young Drivers Campaign
Young Drivers Campaign PartnersWisconsin Community Services (WCS)Legal Action of WisconsinMilwaukee Public Schools (MPS)COA Youth & Family CentersRunning RebelsSafe & SoundHolton Youth + Family Center
Community Awareness
2014 Community Events Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative (MFI) and Clean Slate @ Parklawn YMCA,
March Goodwill Workforce Connection Centers, April & July SDC Resource Fair @ Journey House, May Alderman Ashanti Hamilton with WRTP: Community Jobs Resource Fair @ [the
former] Custer High School, June City of Milwaukee Health Department Men’s Health Fair @ Northwest Health
Center, June Driver’s License Restoration Clinic @ YMCA Urban Campus, June & August Alderpersons Perez & Donovan with WRTP: Community Jobs Resource Fair @
MATC Education Center at Walker’s Square, July Alderpersons Coggs & Wade with WRTP: Community Jobs Resource Fair @ the
COA Goldin Center, August The Silver Spring Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Event @ Silver Spring
Neighborhood Center, August Project Homeless Connect @ Marquette University, October MFI 2014 Fatherhood Summit @ Destiny High School, October
The Impact of a Driver’s License
Video
Video AppearancesIn Alphabetical Order
McKenzie Edmonds, Sojourner Family Peace CenterNyette Ellis, YWCA of Southeastern WisconsinJordan Fox, Successful ClientMark Kessenich, WRTP/BIGSTEP Dr. Vicki Martin, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)Alejandro Morales, Successful ClientAndre Outlaw, Successful ClientDennis Walton, Milwaukee Fatherhood InitiativeSpecial thank you to Carmella DeLucia, our volunteer
videographer.