Youth mapping involves young people canvassing central-city Milwaukee neighborhoods, block by block, gathering information about facilities and services available for children and youth. Three Milwaukee youth worked at the center this summer coding information gathered by the mappers and entering data in computer files. The findings and maps produced by the project will be used in meetings of youth mappers this fall. Mappers will interpret findings and devise recommendations for expanding the opportunities for youth in their own neighborhoods. The project was funded through a coalition of local foundations including the Milwaukee Foundation, Helen Bader Foundation, Inbusch Foundation, Jacobus Family Foundation, Faye McBeath Foundation, and the United Way of Greater Milwaukee.
Plans are in the works for expanding the project into additional neighborhoods next year.