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...
by the Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability OrganizationsThe biennial budget and subsequent action by the legislature get mixed reviews by parents of children with disabilities. Among the most fragile families in Wisconsin are those with a child with a significant disability. While these families often have extraordinary needs...
Thanks to the deep recession and anemic recovery, there has been unprecedented demand for classes in the state’s technical colleges. Record numbers of young people recently out of high school and older displaced or underemployed workers are looking to Wisconsin’s technical college system as their best option for getting education and...
Most children and families in Wisconsin are covered by private health insurance, but many people will tell you that the private insurance market is not working for children and families. Too many find themselves underinsured – losing their coverage when they need it most because they have cancer and hit their annual limit on coverage,...
The national economy has been slow to emerge from the Great Recession, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that Wisconsin has had the slowest rebound in employment of any state during 2011 and 2012. Yet despite the ongoing need for assistance for those desperately seeking work, the last Wisconsin budget bill cut benefits that are...
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