Outreach Community Health Centers
Rick Von Drasek serves as a Police Officer and Public Safety Manager at Outreach Community Health Centers since February 2024 and previously held the position of Police Officer and Department Trainer at the Town of Burlington Police Department from May 2014 to October 2024. With extensive experience in law enforcement, Rick served as Chief of Police at the Village of Wind Point Police Department and as a Sergeant at Hales Corners Police Department, where responsibilities included emergency management and training as a firearms, DAAT, and SPEAR instructor. Additionally, Rick worked as a Safety Security Supervisor for Milwaukee Public Schools, overseeing safety personnel to maintain a secure environment for students and staff. Educational qualifications include a degree in Homeland Security from the Naval Post Graduate School, leadership training from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from Upper Iowa University. Rick is also a certified crisis prevention instructor.
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Our History and Mission Formerly Health Care for the Homeless, Outreach Community Health Centers (OCHC) has, at the heart of its mission, a drive to provide the highest quality health care and support services to the most vulnerable people in the Greater Milwaukee Area: the homeless, those experiencing extreme poverty and the uninsured. Incorporated in 1980, Outreach Community Health Centers began direct service delivery in 1984 as a demonstration project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Memorial Trust. During the past 35 years, OCHC programs have grown to provide a strong continuum of services for the homeless as well as a critical complement of support services for the poor and uninsured. Today, OCHC delivers services to those in need at six different locations, while our Street Outreach team seeks and finds homeless people sheltered in abandoned buildings and parks, as well as those seeking service at area shelters, food pantries and meal sites. OCHC serves the most disadvantaged people in Milwaukee County. Residents of the 5 poorest zip codes in Milwaukee County make up 40% of OCHC’s service population, and the zip code of our primary service site, 53206, has a median household income that is 48.7% lower than that of the county as a whole.