The New W-2 RFP Would Be a Great Place to StartThe chief argument used against Governor Walker during the recall campaign was that he had polarized the political process, making it far more difficult for people with different opinions to work together to address commonly shared goals. In the aftermath of the election, the Governor and...
Last year the state budget process was extremely contentious throughout Wisconsin. Lost on many amid the furor over collective bargaining, cuts to K-12 education, and reduced aid to our communities was the repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students.
Legal Action of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court today, seeking an order that the state must start enrolling some of the childless adults who are on the BadgerCare Core waiting list. The list of people seeking to get into the childless adult coverage was initiated in October 2009, but the state has never lifted the...
Like other states, Wisconsin has seen significant declines in juvenile crime over the past decade or more, as measured by the number of youth arrested, the number of delinquency charges filed in court, and the number of youth placed in institutions. WCCF previously documented these changes in a Fall 2011 report, “The State of Juvenile...
Protecting maltreated children is one of the most important functions of state government as these children are among the most vulnerable among us. Thus, it is good news that compared to many areas of child and family programming, child welfare is doing relatively well. This is for two main reasons:First, in a budget where there were...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40% of Wisconsin teens are sexually active, but less than 65% of those teens reported using a condom during their last sexual encounter. 1 in 4 teens nationwide has at least one STD, with Wisconsin having the 23rd highest Chlamydia rate in the country. Many Wisconsin counties...
College students have felt the impact of recent changes in Wisconsin. Students at UW-Madison, students at the UW-Marathon County, students from all across Wisconsin, big and small colleges, have seen an increase in the number of students in their classes, and a decrease in the amount of time spent with professors. College students have...
Kaiser Commission Report Shows WI Is Using ACA Options to Improve Medicaid A policy brief released last week by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured contains some rather surprising news about Wisconsin and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The brief summarizes five ways in which states are currently taking advantage of ACA...
Now, here’s an interesting (and seemingly improper) practice – inviting the prosecuting attorney to a human services (Walworth County) department staff meeting to discuss what the department’s recommendation should be related to waiver to adult court for a youth. The Wisconsin Supreme Court just issued an opinion in a case (State of WI...
Our attentive readers responded to our question: What do you think is causing this significant decline in regulated family child care services?Here are the seven top reasons our readers thought were contributing to the decline of regulated family child care programs.1. More requirements and tighter enforcementReaders wrote about the...
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