Focused Mission
“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 under-served 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.
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. has been providing youth and family social services to under-served 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.
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. will Cease Operations
Milwaukee, WI, November 18, 2023 –
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. (NCSDC) will cease operations effective December 31, 2023.
NCSDC has been a provider of direct social services to the Black community and the community-at-large for almost 50 years, most recently focusing on its fatherhood initiative. The model has always been personal contact with its location in the heart of the community, currently at the King Center on 15th and Vliet. With the pandemic, NCSDC was unable to pivot from face-to-face services to technology. By the end of the pandemic, people had changed habits to communicating with their phones. NCSDC was unable to recover, and numbers served dwindled. The community-based board made the difficult decision that dissolution would serve the community best. Doors will close by the end of the year and current fatherhood programming will be transferred to Fathers Making Progress. Fathers Making Progress vows to continue the rich tradition of family and community services started under NCSDC.
We celebrate NCSDC’s legacy and its contributions to Milwaukee and wish continued success to Father’s Making Progress in its work in this space.
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc. (NCSDC) will cease operations effective December 31, 2023.
NCSDC has been a provider of direct social services to the Black community and the community-at-large for almost 50 years, most recently focusing on its fatherhood initiative. The model has always been personal contact with its location in the heart of the community, currently at the King Center on 15th and Vliet. With the pandemic, NCSDC was unable to pivot from face-to-face services to technology. By the end of the pandemic, people had changed habits to communicating with their phones. NCSDC was unable to recover, and numbers served dwindled. The community-based board made the difficult decision that dissolution would serve the community best. Doors will close by the end of the year and current fatherhood programming will be transferred to Fathers Making Progress. Fathers Making Progress vows to continue the rich tradition of family and community services started under NCSDC.
We celebrate NCSDC’s legacy and its contributions to Milwaukee and wish continued success to Father’s Making Progress in its work in this space.
Were you a board member, employee, or volunteer at New Concept Self Development Center, Inc?
As an alum, you have had a major role in shaping the agency's 48 years of service to the Milwaukee Community. We need your financial support now more than ever. The far-reaching adverse impact of COVID-19 on nonprofits limits our financial resources, which impacts the programming we offer the community. We are asking for your help in building our future legacy.
You can support our mission by telling your story as an alumnus (below) and/or making a donation.
As an alum, you have had a major role in shaping the agency's 48 years of service to the Milwaukee Community. We need your financial support now more than ever. The far-reaching adverse impact of COVID-19 on nonprofits limits our financial resources, which impacts the programming we offer the community. We are asking for your help in building our future legacy.
You can support our mission by telling your story as an alumnus (below) and/or making a donation.
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc.(Inside the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center)
1531 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53205 Youth Services: focus on leadership and life skills development and teen pregnancy prevention. Adult Services: focus on parenting education; life skills development; employment readiness; driver's permit education; GED and access to telecommunication services. |