This poster highlights a wide range of indicators of the well-being of children who live in Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee. Read more...
The City of Milwaukee’s KIDS COUNT
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Juvenile Life without Parole (JLWOP) – The California Supreme Court Upholds the Intent of Recent Supreme Court Decisions
We are beginning to see how courts are interpreting recent Supreme Court decisions narrowing the possibility of someone being sentenced to Life without Parole for a crime committed as a juvenile. Following from the Roper and Graham decisions, and the more recent Miller v. Alabama case, questions remained as to how courts would...
New Report Examines Who Would Benefit by Closing the Gap in BadgerCare
Urban Institute Fills in Details about the 181,000 Adults Expected to Gain EligibilityThe Urban Institute estimates that 181,000 Wisconsinites would gain eligibility for BadgerCare if the state takes advantage of the opportunity provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A report they issued with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
Report on Juvenile Justice Services Costs 2010
How much does it cost for juvenile delinquency services in Wisconsin? Wisconsin 2011 Act 32 required the Department of Corrections to gather information about juvenile justice services from around the state and compile into a report to the legislature. With help from the counties, that information has been compiled in a report to the...
Four of Ten Workers Lack Access to Paid Leave
New BLS Data Confirm Unequal Access to Paid Leave among U.S. WorkersData released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal that many American workers lack access to paid leave from their jobs, and access varies by worker and occupational characteristics. Overall, the new data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) show...
Feds Give States Flexibility in Use of Medicaid Option
CMS Says States Can Adopt the Option When They Want and for As Long As They Want Federal officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have made it even more attractive for states to use the Medicaid option in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to close a large gap in health insurance coverage for low-income adults. At a...
KIDS COUNT Data Feature: Teen Births in Wisconsin Decline
Births to teens have declined to historic lows in recent years, both in Wisconsin and nationally. That's good news. Children of teen parents face more challenges than children of older parents -- they're more likely to have health problems associated with prematurity, do poorly in school, be involved in the foster care system, and grow...
How much does it cost for juvenile delinquency services in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin 2011 Act 32 required the Department of Corrections to gather information about juvenile justice services from around the state and compile into a report to the legislature. With help from the counties, that information has been compiled in a report to the legislature released in early July. The report, simply titled 2010...
Answering Questions and Touting the Benefits of Health Care Reform
In our continued efforts to educate Wisconsinites about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) benefits all of us, WCCF teamed up with Know Your Care, the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health to inform and answer questions with media and citizens in Eau Claire and La Crosse this week.Since...
Government Accountability Office Looks at Medicaid Expansion
The GAO was asked by Congress to conduct a study on state actions to expand Medicaid under the ACA, and the report was recently released. GAO examined questions pertaining to state responsibilities for implementing the Medicaid expansion, the actions undertaken by the states, as well as state views on the fiscal implications of...
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