Economic stability is one of the more important determinants of a child’s well-being. We believe making sure families have the supports they need to work for livable wages and climb out of poverty is one of the biggest keys to improving the lives of children.
This chart is a handy reference for the income levels that are relevant for BadgerCare and the Affordable Care Act. It shows the income limits and thresholds for people in different family sizes from 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level, and contains tables that convert the annual income limits into monthly and hourly amounts....
Despite Small Gains, More than Half a Million Wisconsinites Remain UninsuredDo you feel like the nation’s gradual recovery from the Great Recession has largely passed you by? If so, you have plenty of company. New data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show that poverty remains high in Wisconsin and median income remains far...
New information released today by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that most Americans have seen little or no benefit from the gradual economic recovery over the last few years. The new statistics show that the nation’s relatively high poverty rate remained at 15.0% in 2012, which amounts to 46.5 million people living in poverty and is...
Workers in Wisconsin and across the U.S. are still struggling because of a relatively weak labor market. That is especially challenging for low-wage workers who must cope with the declining value of the minimum wage, reductions in employer benefits like health care, and growing inequality. An interactive database posted online Friday...
With fast food workers in many parts of the country engaging in work stoppages today, I decided to dig through Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data to see what I could learn about their wages. Unfortunately, most of the BLS employment categories, with the exception of cooks, don’t clearly distinguish fast food workers from others in...
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