Wisconsin Community Services

About Wisconsin Community Services

Wisconsin Community Services is a sober living operator in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County, a nonprofit running recovery housing as part of a broader continuum of human services for people affected by justice system involvement, mental health needs and substance use.

A Justice-Focused Human Services Nonprofit

Wisconsin Community Services describes its mission around helping people take ownership of their own path forward, with programming built specifically around the barriers created by criminal justice involvement alongside substance use and mental health needs. Housing is one piece of that broader continuum, not a standalone business line.

Two Recovery Homes in Milwaukee

Wisconsin Community Services operates Nova House and Sankofa House, both in Milwaukee, giving the organization two distinct recovery residences under one nonprofit structure. Running housing alongside its justice-focused case management means a resident referred through the courts or a reentry program can access both without switching organizations.

Reentry and Recovery Housing Together

Because Wisconsin Community Services works extensively with people navigating reentry from incarceration, its housing is built with that population's needs in mind alongside general recovery from substance use. That combination is less common among Wisconsin's sober living operators, most of which do not run parallel justice-system programming.

Serving Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County holds the largest share of Wisconsin's recovery housing, and a nonprofit the size of Wisconsin Community Services, with an established human-services infrastructure behind it, is positioned to serve a larger and more complex caseload than the county's many single-house operators.

Reaching Wisconsin Community Services

Admissions questions and referrals go directly to Wisconsin Community Services in Milwaukee. Because the organization also handles reentry and justice-involved case management, referrals frequently come through the courts or corrections system in addition to direct applications.