Objective: To return jurisdiction over first-time, non-violent 17-year-old offenders to the juvenile court, making our communities safer and resulting in substantial savings from reduced costs of law enforcement, court processing, and losses to victims. Background: With the adoption of the Juvenile Code in 1996, the age of adult court...
There are lots of reasons why Wisconsin should expand BadgerCare, but a graph in a Kaiser Commission report issued last week makes it especially clear. That bar graph, shown below, vividly illustrates that from a budget perspective no other state has nearly as much to gain as Wisconsin from expanding Medicaid coverage for low-income...
Children and families won a big victory when the Congress voted for a two-year extension of home visiting programs. The home visiting program, officially known as the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Visiting (MIECHV Program), supports voluntary, evidence-based, home visiting services for families with young children. Current annual...
Fox Valley leaders have launched the Community Early Learning Center (CELC) in Appleton, with a mission to “ensure that by age 5, all our children have the foundation to achieve their full potential.” The multi-agency center focuses on the families of young children and those serving them, with a unique range of organizations serving...
Lots of state governors, both Republicans and Democrats, are talking about Early Care and Education. Including those in our neighboring states of Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Indiana. But not the governor of Wisconsin. From the National Women's Law Center: April 22, 2015 A total of 27 governors (14 Democrats and 13 Republicans)...
On April 21, the Senate held an oversight hearing to address concerns about OJJDP's process for monitoring compliance with the four core protections in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act most recently authorized in 2002. Wisconsin has been at the center of the firestorm, and the hearing was no less disconcerting as to...
Wisconsin ranks 44th nationally in state per capita spending on public health, according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH): The $13.03 that Wisconsin spent per capita on public health in fiscal year 2013-14 is less than half (42%) of the national average of $31.06. Only six other states spent less per capita for...
The top ten of what you may ask? Well, Wisconsin ranks as the 7th highest state in terms of referral of students in school to police and courts - with 10.2 per 1,000 students referred compared to the national average of 5.8 per 1,000 students. The Center for Public Integrity just analyzed 2011-2012 Education Civil Rights data to point...
Now that Wisconsin and many other states have made very significant improvements in access to health insurance (see, for example, this WCCF paper on insurance coverage), health care providers, advocates and policy makers are gradually paying more attention to other factors that affect health. Improving access to insurance and health...
WCCF Thanks Senate for Renewing Children’s Health Coverage The U.S. Senate voted 92-8 this evening to pass a health care bill that includes funding for a two-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The 92-8 vote Tuesday evening follows passage of identical legislation in the House and demonstrates that members...
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