Births to teens have declined to historic lows in recent years, both in Wisconsin and nationally. That's good news. Children of teen parents face more challenges than children of older parents -- they're more likely to have health problems associated with prematurity, do poorly in school, be involved in the foster care system, and grow...
Wisconsin 2011 Act 32 required the Department of Corrections to gather information about juvenile justice services from around the state and compile into a report to the legislature. With help from the counties, that information has been compiled in a report to the legislature released in early July. The report, simply titled 2010...
In our continued efforts to educate Wisconsinites about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) benefits all of us, WCCF teamed up with Know Your Care, the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health to inform and answer questions with media and citizens in Eau Claire and La Crosse this week.Since...
The GAO was asked by Congress to conduct a study on state actions to expand Medicaid under the ACA, and the report was recently released. GAO examined questions pertaining to state responsibilities for implementing the Medicaid expansion, the actions undertaken by the states, as well as state views on the fiscal implications of...
From Superior to Beloit, community health centers provide needed preventive, dental and other health services to low-income, uninsured and minority children and families in medically underserved areas of Wisconsin. In 2010, 16 Community Health Centers in Wisconsin reported serving over 265,000 patients – 25% of which were for pediatric...
Celebrating 47 and 15 Years of the Federal Programs that Make BadgerCare Work for Wisconsin ChildrenAugust marks the 47th anniversary of Medicaid and the 15th anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The names CHIP and Medicaid might not mean much to some of us here in Wisconsin, but the program they combined to...
WCCF has created a Juvenile Justice Expenditures Snapshot of the key fiscal data, illustrating changes in funding, changes in the number of youth served, and that state Youth Aids funds account for less than one-half of juvenile justice related expenditures.
Funding in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives Wisconsin an exciting opportunity to close a very large gap in BadgerCare – coverage for low-income adults who aren’t custodial parents of minor children. To help facilitate an informed discussion of that issue, we prepared an outline of relevant data and analyses relating to who would gain...
These snapshots are a follow up to the state data posted last year, and it includes juvenile arrest information through 2010. Counties continue to make strides in reducing correctional placements while at the same time lowering arrest numbers.
Today marks the implementation of a much-anticipated package of preventive care services for women, as a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Women make 80 percent of the health care decisions for their families and are more likely to provide care if a family member falls ill. And women are more likely to delay or avoid needed care...
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