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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,”
New research led by Joseph P. Ryan at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through its Models for Change initiative, affirms (not surprisingly) that the likelihood of future delinquency involvement is higher for youth who were referred to the child protective...
The Beloit area is getting closer to implementing a comprehensive strategy for reducing the city’s high infant mortality rate, particularly among African American babies. After almost two years of collecting data, meeting with community members, and considering alternatives, the Beloit Chapter of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy...
Kudos to the Dept. of Health Services (DHS) for reminding me and others that that September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month. A DHS press release issued Monday highlights some of the Wisconsin trends and the racial disparities in infant mortality rates: Over the past two decades, overall infant mortality rate in Wisconsin declined...
Protecting maltreated children is one of the most important functions of state government as these children are among the most vulnerable among us. Thus, it is good news that compared to many areas of child and family programming, child welfare is doing relatively well. This is for two main reasons:First, in a budget where there were...
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