Executive Director Story

Our Daily Bread Community Outreach Center, Inc. (ODB) was a perfect  vision and a way to follow my dreams. My story was both incredible and  common! It’s a story of struggle, abandonment, triumph, and a story of  hope. My siblings and I were raised in a home with an absent father and  our mother was young with four small children. Two of my brothers  and myself were placed in foster care system for approximately ten  years. During that time, we faced an abundance of social challenges  such as: lacked positive role models, poverty, limited resources, etc. My  past childhood inspired me to follow my aspirations and help other  young girls.  

I founded ODB with the aim to encourage and motivate young girls to dream big dreams. After ODB was  born, my mother became the backbone of the agency for over years until her health failed her. With  ODB, my mom followed in my footsteps and became more caring and compassion with young girls. As  ODB, made it presence in the community, I devoted much of my adult life to making sure all parents and  children have the tools they need to actually change their behaviors effectively. ODB believes anyone  can change at any point in time in their life. “You just have to want it, and you have to be willing”, stated  Lea Kyle-Lewis. 

 In the beginning, ODB’s mentoring program began in 2006 meeting at Milwaukee Public Library with  four young ladies. Six months later, we moved into our first commercial space, 6400 W Capitol Dr.  Shortly after the move, ODB incorporated tutoring shortly and in July 2008- December 2008, job readiness pilot program was added. With the success of that programs, in 2010 ODB revamped the  program and changed it to SMART Teens. In 2010 ODB was invited to partake in the Milwaukee County  Angel Tree lighting. This was also a year of growth for ODB and we were granted license as a service  provider for Milwaukee County Behavioral Health for teens with AODA issues, Justice 2000. We also launched a new youth internship program called FUTURE for 11th and 12th high school students. In  2011, ODB relocated and moved into a larger facility located 6040 W Lisbon Ave; in 2013 ODB launched  another program prenatal care coordination, care coordination services. Today, ODB has a multitude of  sponsors and relationships with many partners in the community and designing another community  program for mothers. 

 Mission Statement: Build mature, successful, and independent individuals for leadership 

Vision Statement: We envision seeing the entire community thriving healthy and whole 

Community involvement: Board member for Loving2Arms Residential Living Facility  Borad member for WI Prison Birth Project