This comprehensive report explores trends in early care and education (ECE), and also reviews ECE systems in other states and provides options for Wisconsin to consider in planning for an effective statewide early learning system.
The City of Madison was honored for its “cutting-edge early childhood initiatives” by the National League of Cities in October. The city’s Child Care Assistance Program was recognized as one of the nation’s four most innovative city models for promoting early childhood success. Madison is one of the few cities in the United States with...
The National Center for Juvenile Justice has recently released three briefs providing a quick overview of the status of the state's implemenation of provisions of Megan's Law related to juvenile sex offenders. The three briefs cover the current status of states related to registration, the lower age limits of registration, and an...
One of the key issues to be resolved in reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) will be what to do with the Valid Court Order exception that now exists that has permitted states to remain in compliance even though they are placing status offenders in secure facilities alongside delinquent youth. A...
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency released a critique in February of this year that should be required reading for professionals thinking about the "what" and "how" of using various assessment tools to measure risks, needs, criminogenic needs, risk of recidivism, and more. A Question of Evidence: A Critique of Risk...
On September 23rd, Ohio Attorney General and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Ohio became the first state to achieve substantial compliance with Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. Title I, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), requires registration and...
The Wisconsin Budget Project has analyzed new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau on state and local spending and revenue. The Census Bureau figures reveal that Wisconsin has fallen to 25th among the states in total state and local spending per capita, down from 14th highest in 2000. On total state and local taxes per person, Wisconsin...
Remember that studies have indicated that youth, particularly early teens, are subject to admitting to things they did not do. In some particularly aggregious cases, the Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, has been able to demonstrate that false confessions have led to wrongful convictions with particularly dire results for the...
The Girls Study Group, through OJJDP, has recently completed an analysis of a wide range of delinquency and mental health assessment tools to determine if they have been validated for use with girls. Certainly one of the key issues in working with girls in the juvenile justice system has been that all too often approaches, including...
Newly released data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) show that Wisconsin’s overall poverty rate declined slightly from 10.8% in 2007 to 10.4% in 2007. The child poverty rate dropped from 14.4% in 2007 to 13.3% in 2008. However, these figures do not capture the bulk of the impact of the recession, as evidenced by...
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