As part of a Kentucky court case in which two elementary students were handcuffed by the SRO, the US Department of Justice submitted a Statement of Interest about the how SRO’s should deal with youth, particular students with disabilities. In the statement, DOJ focused on: 1) Intended Roles of School Resource Officers: SROs should have...
Wisconsin’s leadership in providing access to health insurance has been gradually slipping, and the latest Census Bureau data on coverage of children illustrates a continuation of that trend. Although Wisconsin continues to have one of the lower uninsured rates in the U.S., we’ve fallen behind all of our neighbors, as the following...
Economist James Heckman and several colleagues determined that people who had received high-quality early care and education in the 1970s were far healthier thirty years later. The report, The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors from the National Bureau of Economic Research, used...
Greater Opportunity for Wisconsinites Would Help Level the Playing Field With far too many Wisconsinites struggling to make ends meet, it is clear that communities of color are facing this challenge most acutely. New Census data released last week highlights the need for Wisconsin lawmakers to do more to expand opportunity and make it...
The number of Wisconsin children living in poverty has risen dramatically since the recession and stayed high, according to recent numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2014, nearly a quarter of a million children in Wisconsin lived below the poverty line, meaning their families did not earn enough to provide for basic...
Every person in Wisconsin deserves a chance to climb the economic ladder. But too many in Wisconsin are still trapped in poverty, years after the recession has ended. By making sure that everyone has the opportunity to succeed, we can build broad prosperity in Wisconsin. PDF Infographic for 2014 Wisconsin poverty levels
In a preview to the new Census Bureau data on health insurance set to be released this week, WCCF has prepared a new report outlining areas in which the new 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) data will shed light on the growth in access to health insurance since major provisions to the Affordable Care Act were implemented, as well as...
Research findings from Inequalities at the Starting Gate 2015 reinforce prior findings about unequal starts in Kindergarten. Without improved opportunities for young children and families at or near poverty, the achievement gap is likely to continue and even widen. Here is an excerpt from the report: “This analysis affirms decades of...
Labor Day celebrates contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. The holiday makes me think about the hard-working families with young children in Wisconsin and across the country struggling to make ends meet financially while ensuring that their young children have a good start. This...
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) has issued a report, Child Care in State Economies, in which “the economic role of the industry is examined using three distinct perspectives—the traditional labor force view of child care as a means for parents to work; the child care industry’s macroeconomic role in the U.S. economy; and...
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