As part of the recently adopted federal budget, there are some notable changes in funding for juvenile justice that will impact Wisconsin. The adopted amounts are significantly lower than proposed by the White House and Senate - including the elimination of Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funds (albeit some funds were moved to...
On Wednesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder released Guiding Principles to help guide schools to improve school climate and discipline. Addressing concerns about the extensive use of suspensions, expulsions, and other exclusionary practices that in the end hurt achievement - particularly youth of...
Progress has been made in Wisconsin in recent years in reducing the number of youth who have not committed a crime being locked up with youth who have. But, we can do better. These "status offenders" are often truants who fail to comply with court orders to attend school or habitual runaways that frustrate the court's attempt to get...
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) voted today for the Special Session bill that delays all the BadgerCare changes until April 1, 2014, and also extends the state’s high risk plan (HIRSP) until that date. The bill was approved by a vote of 11 to 2, with two Democrats voting against the proposal because of the delay in coverage for...
For the past few months, Governor Walker has been talking with pride about the fact that the biennial budget bill ensures that Wisconsin’s health insurance system won’t have a gap in coverage for adults below the poverty level. For the first several months of 2014, that won’t be the case if the legislature approves the Governor’s...
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