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Wisconsin Kids Are No Longer Seeing Gains in Health Coverage

A decade of steady progress in reducing the number of uninsured children came to a halt in 2017 and reversed course. The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 276,000 last year, according to a new report released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.

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Kids Forward Opposes Proposed Rule to Override the Flores Settlement Agreement

November 5, 2018 Ms. Debbie Seguin, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement US Department of Homeland Security 500 12th Street SW Washington DC, 20536 DHS Docket No. ICEB-2018-0002 Dear Ms Seguin: Kids Forward is submitting comments to the US Departments of Homeland Security and Heath and Human...

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Wisconsin Lawmakers Should Allow All Immigrants to Obtain Driver Licenses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2018 CONTACT: Wenona Wolf, Communication and Development Manager wwolf@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 304 A new report from Kids Forward finds that Wisconsin will be safer for everyone if Wisconsin lawmakers expand access to driver licenses to undocumented immigrants. Allowing all immigrants to have...

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Allowing All Immigrants to Obtain Driver Licenses Is the Right Thing To Do

Allowing Access Would Improve Safety, Support Families, and Boost Business FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2018 CONTACT: Chet Agni, Communication and Development Associate cagni@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 314 Removing barriers to obtaining driver licenses for all immigrants will bring broad-based benefits to Wisconsin’s economy...

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Kids Forward Opposes Governor Walker’s Dangerous Changes to BadgerCare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 31, 2018 CONTACT: Jon Peacock, Research Director, Kids Forward jpeacock@kidsforward.net, 608-284-0580 x 307 The following is the response of Kids Forward’s executive director, Ken Taylor, to the federal approval today of some of the changes the Walker Administration has been seeking to make to BadgerCare:...

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