Next Step Clinic Wins Award

Dr. Amy Van Hecke and Team Receive the President’s Challenge Award

Next Step Clinic Group Photo

Photo by Jesse Lee


Dr. Amy Van Hecke and a team consisting of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ faculty and community partners have been selected as the . The team will open a new clinic, the Next Step Clinic, located at the Next Door Foundation, to address the mental health and developmental needs of Milwaukee’s underserved children and families.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ faculty and staff involved include Van Hecke, Steve Saunders, Wendy Krueger, Mary Carlson, Norah Johnson, Abir Bekhet, Alex Martins, Iqbal Ahamed, Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, Linda Menck, and Troney Small. Community partners include Leah Jepson of the Milwaukee Coalition for Children’s Mental Health/Mental Health America of WI, Dessie Levy of True Love Outreach Ministries, Ida Winters of Mental Health America of WI, Walter Lanier of MATC/the MIRACLE Network, Tracey Sparrow of Next Door Foundation, and Tim Coughlin of United Way/Milwaukee Succeeds. The clinic will also train graduate students in evidence-based, community-informed, healing-centered practices.

For more information, read the in the Journal Sentinel.