Enrollment of childless adults in BadgerCare is far above the anticipated level, and that’s having a significant effect on the state budget. The much higher than anticipated cost of covering that population means Wisconsin could save far more than previously estimated by taking the enhanced federal funding for Medicaid expansions. That...
The Marshfield News Herald and Stevens Point Journal launched a ten part series last week on the importance of early childhood education. Click this link to access the videos Here is the full schedule: June 18: Seeking quality child care June 25: Language development and early literacy July 2: 39 Weeks campaign and prenatal health July...
New research from Nobel Laureate James Heckman and colleagues shows that quality early childhood programs that incorporate health and nutrition help prevent chronic disease. Findings reveal substantially better health in the mid-30s with a lower prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, such as stroke and...
The number of childless adults participating in BadgerCare jumped to more than 103,000 in May – which puts that figure well above the estimate of 94,600 at the end of the biennium that the Dept. of Health Services (DHS) included in their latest budget projections (April 1, 2014). Wisconsin began this year to make all childless adults...
Subsidies Cover 74% of Premium Costs for Wisconsinites Eligible for Marketplace Tax Credits Over 8 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through the federal Marketplace that began operating in January, and new data released today show that most individuals participating in the Marketplace are paying less than $100 per...
The overall infant mortality rate in Wisconsin has declined slowly over the past two decades, but our state continues to have an alarmingly high infant mortality rate among African-Americans. Although the infant mortality rate for African-Americans has dropped significantly in Wisconsin since the early 2000s, it is nearly double the...
A recently released website is an exciting and creative tool for tracking some basics about juvenile justice across states. The Juvenile Justice GPS - which stands for Geography, Policy, Practice, and Statistics - brings together data previously available in annual publications across a variety of practice areas and puts them all in one...
New national data released today show that there has been a sharp increase in Medicaid enrollment since last September, and that trend continued in April. The new figures, which are from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, provide the enrollment change by state in April and also the amount of growth relative to the average...
There is an awareness of the increasing frequency of child sexual exploitation and sex trafficking and an increasing recognition that our systems are not as well-prepared as we need to be to respond to these situations. In a short brief, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors in Wisconsin, we've outlined just some basics about the...
As we’ve highlighted before, youth who commit status offenses, behaviors prohibited only by age, have better long-term outcomes when they are kept in their communities and receive appropriate services and support. Youth who run away, skip school, or self-medicate with alcohol are often responding to larger issues at home or in their...
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