Head Start and Health Care Offer Examples of Rationing Resources by Lottery I wrote a Budget Project Blog post Monday about how some Head Start programs in Indiana recently used a random drawing to determine which preschool students will be removed from the education program for low-income families. Head Start is heading backwards...
There are many ways to potentially keep kids safe in school. Thank goodness this topic is finally being discussed at great length! In fact, President Obama has called for an increase of school resource officers (SROs), providing funds to hire up to 1,000 SROs across the nation. But we, along with others, have some concerns that this may...
“Righting the Rules” Could Start with a Legislative Rule if Lawmakers Approve SJR 5 For 12 years, the Wisconsin Legislature has been operating under a rule that ignores a statutory change enacted in 2001. The law requiring bills to have fiscal estimates was changed at that time to eliminate the exemption for bills relating to criminal...
There is really no reason that a young person under the age of 18 should be confined with adults, but what is all too often true is that too many facilities are not designed or staffed to provide the kind of supervision and housing that youth need. An estimated 100,000 youth each year end up in adult facilities for some period of time...
Have you taken a look at the Kids Count Data Center recently? The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families just completed a significant update of the indicators available for Wisconsin children on the Kids Count Data Center. The update makes it easier for advocates, policymakers, grant writers, and other people interested in child...
Following a biennium in which the Youth Aids Allocation was reduced by about 17%(about 10% of which was a permanent reduction that becomes the “base” for 2013-15 and about $7 million that was “lapsed” back to the general fund) two of the three juvenile correctional institutions (JCI) were closed, and the daily rates charged to counties were increased, the 2013-15 proposal regrettably does not restore all of the reductions while still increasing the daily charges to counties for services.
WCCF welcomed 70 advocates from all over the state to our 2013 advocacy training and Lobby for Kids day last week. Twenty-one state senate districts were represented in the state capitol. WCCF Executive Director Ken Taylo and Governmental Relations Manager Sabrina Gentile started the day by briefing the advocates on the 2013-2014 State...
Today, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) turns 3! We’re celebrating three years of benefits, new consumer protections, and the imminent possibility of new insurance coverage opportunities. Most of you have had a 3-year-old, know a 3-year-old, or could easily imagine the chaos of a 3-year-old’s birthday party. Our friends at Raising Women’s...
Governor Walker’s budget will reduce the number of uninsured Wisconsinites by adding to BadgerCare about 80,000 childless adults with income below the federal poverty level (FPL). However, the Governor proposes to do so by ending BadgerCare coverage for about 89,000 parents1 and 6,000 childless adults over the poverty level.
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and our own University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute have released the fourth annual County Health Rankings. Nearly every county in the country is ranked on health outcomes (how healthy we are) and on health factors (how healthy we can be). Examples of specific measures used to...
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