Thousands of youth who run away from home, skip school, or engage in other risky behaviors, like underage drinking, are processed through the court system each year. In Wisconsin, approximately 7,000 youth are arrested for truancy and running away each year. Status offenses are a range of behaviors that are prohibited because of a...
We've now analyzed six more months of data since our last YoungStar update, YoungStar in Wisconsin: Analysis of Data as of July 2013. And it looks like mostly good news! Our newest YoungStar Update, covering data through January 2014, shows that from July 2013 to January 2014 YoungStar has improved approx. 1.5 percentage points in...
Economic Stress of Milwaukee’s Working Poor Exacerbated by EITC Cut A recently released report highlights severe income disparities among working families in Milwaukee County and growing challenges for many families, particularly single mothers raising children. The report by researchers at the UW-Milwaukee Employment and Training...
This two-page flyer summarizes the restrictions on eligibility for subsidized health insurance coverage for individuals who have access to employer-sponsored insurance.
Over the past decade, there has been heightened awareness and serious concern over the fastest growing illegal industry in the United States: human trafficking. As awareness has grown, so has the need for more comprehensive legislation that can address barriers to justice and recovery. The Wisconsin State Assembly passed AB620 which...
There hasn’t been a national Constitutional Convention since 1787, and a number of conservative groups want to change that. They are seeking to complete an effort that started several decades ago to convene a Constitutional Convention for purposes of developing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget....
More Data Needed on Actual Number of New Enrollees and Decrease in the Uninsured New figures released by federal officials yesterday show that nearly 3.3 million people picked a private health insurance plan through the federal Marketplace by February 1, including more than 56,000 in Wisconsin. In addition, slightly over 60,000...
Early learning is a hot topic across the nation. First, it was impressive to have our President say this in his State of the Union address: “Research shows that one of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education. Last year, I asked this Congress to help states make high-quality Pre-K available to...
Three experts presented research on brain development and the return on early investment to a packed room of legislators, aides, policymakers, and state staff. The event was the 32nd Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar on January 22, 2014 in the Capitol. Art Rolnick, former Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis,...
The standards for determining BadgerCare eligibility changed in a couple of significant ways this week. Although the major eligibility changes (reducing the income limits for parents and improving coverage for adults without dependent children) have been delayed until April 1, the following two changes have just taken effect: The...
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