Press Releases

Black/White Racial Disparities Remain in Wisconsin, Indicators Show

For Release: Monday, June 9, 2025Contact: Emily Miota, 262-853-6863, emiota@kidsforward.org Download as PDF State Decision Makers Can Make Targeted Investments in the State Budget to Address Them  Yet again, Wisconsin leads the nation in many disparities in outcomes of Black and white children in our state, according to data in the Kids...

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United for Worker Power in Wisconsin

Workers Fight for Fairness in the Capitol Yesterday, more than 20 Wisconsin workers led a new movement into the state capitol, demanding legislators prioritize all families and working people across the state. In collaboration with the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union (MASH), representing 1,150 service and...

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Northeast Wisconsinites Stand up for Medicaid

Download as PDF Over 35 concerned individuals, mental health service recipients, impacted family members, school and community-based mental health providers, and substance use therapists gathered at Foundations Health & Wholeness in Green Bay to call on decision makers to protect Medicaid.  “This event showed just how concerning the...

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$700B Medicaid Cuts Put Wisconsin Families, Kids, & Rural Hospitals at Risk

Download as PDF The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee is taking its first step on proposed efforts to cut at least $715 B from Medicaid over the next 10 years—which would be the largest Medicaid cut in the health program’s 60 year history—and weaken the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill would lead to 13.7 million people losing...

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