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Welcome to Transitional Living Services |
Transitional Living Services (TLS) is guided by our mission to promote mental health recovery and independence by providing housing, supportive services and advocacy for adults with mental illness.
The vision of TLS is all people with mental illness will be integrated into and accepted by the community.
We accomplish these goals through a comprehensive selection of programs and services, complimented by a strong focus on quality of life. We believe strongly in the value that social, emotional and community support can play in the road towards recovery.
In 1963, the Mental Health Association of Milwaukee began a pilot program to reduce community costs of mental health consumers who were unnecessarily institutionalized by providing them supportive housing and services. The program was extremely successful and thus was born, TLS. TLS was incorporated in 1976 and was established as an independent 501(c)3 organization. Services have since expanded into Waukesha, Washington and Racine counties, making TLS the largest nonprofit provider of community-based mental health services in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Crisis Resource Center Honored with Good Grant Award
The Donors Forum of Wisconsin presented the 2009 Wisconsin Good Grant Award to Transitional Living Services, the Milwaukee Center for Independence and the funders of the Crisis Resource Center. This award honors funders and grantees that have demonstrated leadership through a creative partnership by working together for the greater good. The $5,000 grant award is generously sponsored by Rockwell Automation, and coordinated by the Donors Forum of Wisconsin, a professional membership association of grantmakers whose mission is to support and promote effective philanthropy.
The Good Grant Award recognizes partnerships that exemplify a combination of the following:
- Provides a solution to a community need
- Demonstrates a maximum impact on the community
- Involves the funder, the agency and the target audience as active stakeholders
- Leverages additional community resources
- Provides clear and measurable outcomes
- Is a successful model for other grants
- Enables the people benefited to help themselves
- Promotes diverse and creative collaborations
The award ceremony will be conducted during the Donors Forum of Wisconsin’s National Day of Service and Remembrance Luncheon, a part of its10th Annual Statewide Conference on Philanthropy, Creative Grantmaking, Inspiring Hope, on September 11, 2009 at the Pfister Hotel.
A note of thanks to our ten funding partners who were instrumental in the establishment of the Crisis Resource Center: Helen Bader Foundation, Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation, Ceres Foundation of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Erica P. John Foundation, Charles E. Kubly Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Faye McBeath Foundation, Medical College of WI – Healthier WIPartnership Program, Forest County Potawatomi Community Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ziemann Foundation |
Learn about our "Colors of Self" Mural Project
Through a partnership with the Wisconsin Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts, TLS is proud to present the"Colors of Self" mural. Artists TLS and the Milwaukee Center For Independence (MCFI) created the mural together with guidance from local visual artist Patricia Obletz.
During a six-week workshop, TLS and MCFI clients worked with Patricia to create their self-portraits, using colors that reflected their "unique individual" and inner being. The project offered clients an opportunity to explore new paths of self-expression and self-revelation through art. The resulting piece consists of 24 original self-portraits assembled into a larger mural. For more information about Patricia and her artwork please visit www.oilsbyobletz.com. Click here to view our informational video.
Colors of Self Mural
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Transitional Living Services and Milwaukee Center for Independence Affiliation
Transitional Living Services (TLS) is a proud parter and affiliate of the Milwaukee Center For Independence (MCFI). Together, MCFI and TLS serve over 10,000 individuals every year, providing superior services to the clients we serve and opening doors to recovery and independence. To learn more about MCFI visit: www.mcfi.net. |
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 Proud Member of Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee. Spread the word: you can support Transitional Living Services by payroll deduction through a Community Shares campaign in your workplace: www.MilwaukeeShares.org
Transitional Living Services, Inc. is a EOE/AA/LEP employer. We respect the rights and privacy of our clients, please see our Privacy Statement.
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