The U.S. Department of Justice has issued proposed supplemental guidelines related to SORNA (Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act). Of particular note, the new guidelines would give jurisdictions discretion to exempt some offenses committed as a juvenile from public website posting. Comments related to this and other...
Today, Governor Doyle is signing a number of bills related to children, including:• AB296 reaffirms and strengthens the commitment to support the development of Coordinated Service Teams (CSTs), provides for the transition from the prior Integrated Services Program (ISP) model to the CST model, provides greater flexibility to local...
Today OJA posted a funding announcement for $900,000 over a three year period to jurisdictions to develop School-based Truancy Prevention and Reduction Initiatives targeting middle school youth. They anticipate awarding four grants of approximately up to $225,000 each over that three-year period. School districts, CESAs, and tribal...
A new analysis of federal data by USA Today shows that Americans' total federal, state and local tax bills in 2009 were the lowest they've been since 1950. According to the analysis, federal, state and local taxes — including income, property, sales and other taxes — consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, well below the historic...
Back in 2002, Legal Action of Wisconsin and the ACLU filed a complaint alleging that W-2 agencies were not performing adequate screenings for disabilities, resulting in many applicants with serious obstacles being denied benefits. There have also been charges that applicants were discriminated against in decisions related to time...
Last week, members of the House of Representatives Children’s Caucus established a bipartisan task force on childhood obesity. The task force will be led by Representative Ron Kind (D-WI), Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), and Dave Reichert (R-WA).Over the next six to 12 months, the Task Force will host a series of...
As the Legislature wrapped up the 2009-10 session last week, the Assembly gave final approval to the BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan (SB 484), which provides an unsubsidized, bare bones health insurance option for low-income childless adults who are on the current BC+ Core Plan waiting list. It will be signed by the Governor soon, and...
The National Juvenile Justice Network has just released its policy platform brief on DMC - the fourth in a series of policy platform statements endorsed by the network. Each brief is meant to be a guide for policy-makers, advocates, and others interested in advancing what works in juvenile justice. This one highlights the need for...
Amid all the issues going on in Washington, it was good news that the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on April 21 on issues identified in the JJDPA reauthorizaton bill. You can check out the Youth Today report on the hearing. So, while reauthorization poses some problems for compliance in Wisconsin (see the...
It used to be that we scurried to drop our income taxes in the mail before the April 15th deadline. Now most of us log on to our computers to file taxes instead of standing in line at the Post Office. The result, though, is the same: income taxes are on everybody’s mind on April 15th. Wisconsin will collect more than $6 billion in...
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