Medicaid provides health care coverage
for more than 1 million children and
adults in Wisconsin, including people
with very low incomes.
19th Century Abortion Ban Could Go into Effect if Legislature Fails to Act
Kids Forward urges state legislators to act quickly to protect access to basic reproductive health care in our state.
Nineteenth Century Abortion Ban Could Go into Effect if Legislature Fails to Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst [email protected], 608.285.2314 Download as pdf The following is a response by Michele Mackey, Kids Forward’s Chief Executive Officer, regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling. Today’s extreme Supreme...
Thirty-four Groups Urge Governor to Veto Restrictions on Public Assistance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst [email protected], 608-720-9405 Download as PDF Thirty-four Wisconsin organizations sent Governor Evers a letter...
Report Shows Support for Eliminating Fines and Fees and Improving Community Supervision within Youth Justice System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: March 7, 2022 CONTACT:Genevieve Caffrey, [email protected] Erica Nelson, Kids [email protected] Ann McCullough, Youth Justice [email protected] Download as pdf A new report shows that fines and fees within the youth justice system do not offset the cost of youth...
Bills Scapegoating People on BadgerCare will not Improve the Workforce
Republican state legislators have proposed two bills they claim will strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce, but taking away health care from Wisconsinites struggling to get by will make our state sicker not stronger. These changes will create more barriers that make it harder and more complicated for...
Report Shows Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Make it Possible to Safely Reduce Youth Incarceration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 9, 2022 CONTACT:Erica Nelson, Kids [email protected] | 608-285-2314 Ann McCullough, Youth Justice [email protected] | 608-285-2314 Download as PDF “COVID-19 and Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Are We Learning?”[1] shows how the youth justice system may be changing for the...
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COVID-19 and Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Are We Learning?
In the year since we published “The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Does It Tell Us About the Future?,” a variety of articles and reports have been released affirming the findings and recommendations presented in that 2021 report. The publications frame the pandemic as a way to examine factors related to racial...
Updates on Racial Equity Analyses in Wisconsin Shares and YoungStar
Download the the full report in PDF Introduction This report adds 2020 data from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), which validates key findings from the previous Baseline Report, and provides a snapshot of a part of Wisconsin’s early care and education (ECE) systems during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic....
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