FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst wparkesutherland@kidsforward.org, 608-720-9405 Download as PDF Thirty-four Wisconsin organizations sent Governor Evers a letter...
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Report Shows Support for Eliminating Fines and Fees and Improving Community Supervision within Youth Justice System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: March 7, 2022 CONTACT:Genevieve Caffrey, UW-Madisongcaffrey@wisc.edu Erica Nelson, Kids ForwardENelson@kidsforward.org Ann McCullough, Youth Justice Wisconsinyouthjusticewi@gmail.com Download as pdf A new report shows that fines and fees within the youth justice system do not offset the cost of youth...
Report Shows Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Make it Possible to Safely Reduce Youth Incarceration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 9, 2022 CONTACT:Erica Nelson, Kids Forwardenelson@kidsforward.org | 608-285-2314 Ann McCullough, Youth Justice Wisconsinyouthjusticewi@gmail.com | 608-285-2314 Download as PDF “COVID-19 and Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Are We Learning?”[1] shows how the youth justice system may be changing for the...
Budget Misses Opportunities to Invest in Shared Prosperity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2021CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, 608-284-0580 x 317Erica Nelson, 608-284-0580 x 321 Download as PDF We are deeply disappointed that the budget includes such a hastily designed and regressive tax cut that will do little to help families struggling to make ends meet. This tax cut will make it harder to...
Governor and Legislature Should Develop a Bipartisan Alternative to the Budget Bill’s $2.3 Billion Income Tax Cut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2021CONTACT: Jon Peacock, 608-556-6271William Parke-Sutherland, 608-720-9405 Download as PDF In a letter to Governor Evers today, Kids Forward urged him to veto part of the budget bill and work with state legislators to develop a bipartisan alternative to the large income tax cut added to the bill by the...
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