WCCF advocates based on what the evidence shows is best for children and families. Taken together, the following policy priorities point towards a future that fulfills the promise of our state motto, “Forward,”
Letter to Finance Committee Says Medicaid Deficit Has Essentially Been ErasedA December 28 letter from the Department of Health Services (DHS) provides good news on the status of the Medicaid/BadgerCare budget and sheds a little light on the effects of the BadgerCare premium increases that were implemented in July. The letter, which was...
Working families across Wisconsin benefit from a state and federal tax credit that offers families a step up and a way out of poverty. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) gets and keeps people working, since it can only be claimed by people who earn income through work, and the credit is structured to encourage people to work more...
WCCF Analysis Finds that Adults in Rural Counties Are Most Likely to Benefit A new analysis by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) shows that over a quarter of a million uninsured Wisconsinites could become eligible for health insurance coverage in 2014 if Wisconsin takes full advantage of measures in the Affordable...
insurance coverage in 2014, if Wisconsin takes full advantage of measures in the federal health care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In light of the tragic Sandy Hook shootings, there clearly are not words that adequately express the depth of the tragedy. Our support and thoughts are with the families who are suffering, not only from this incident, but countless others on a daily basis – for each day there are as many more children killed in violent acts and many...
One might think that recent Supreme Court rulings restricting life without parole (LWOP) sentences for juveniles would provide a stronger spark for states to alter some of their sentencing practices. But, as is highlighted in a recent New York Times editorial, it appears that it will take more than a Supreme Court ruling to alter how...
The federal government today announced that it is awarding Wisconsin a 2012 bonus of $23.3 million for the state’s success in improving children’s access to health care through the BadgerCare program. Wisconsin has also been awarded a supplemental bonus of $8.7 million for 2011, bringing the total of new federal funds to $32 million....
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union just released an extensive report, Growing Up Locked Down – Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons across the United States, provides further evidence about the misfit of holding youth in adult facilities. While not all youth end up in solitary confinement while in an...
The evidence is clear – frequent school suspensions place youth at greater risk of a host of “rotten outcomes”, not the least of which is involvement in the juvenile or criminal justice system. Noting that this is a nationwide problem, Senator Dick Durbin held a hearing last Wednesday of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the...
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