The link between childhood maltreatment and risk of delinquency and criminal behavior is well-established. This policy brief provides an introduction to the system changes we need to make to better serve youth who experience maltreatment and end up in the juvenile justice system.
Publications
Be Aware of the Ides of March (and other key health insurance dates)
This one-page chart explains the most important coverage dates for health insurance enrollment in Wisconsin in 2014. It includes relevant dates for BadgerCare, the federally facilitated Marketplace, and the Individual Mandate.
Eligibility Restrictions for People with Offers of Employer-sponsored Insurance
This two-page flyer summarizes the restrictions on eligibility for subsidized health insurance coverage for individuals who have access to employer-sponsored insurance.
2014 Federal Poverty Levels
New federal poverty level (FPL) figures were released in January and began to apply to BadgerCare on Feb. 1, 2014. This one-page document shows those figures for different family sizes and translates them into the key percentages of the FPL for purposes of BadgerCare and the Affordable Care Act. It includes the monthly and hourly amounts, as well as the annual figures, and it explains the relevance of different percentages of the FPL.
The Continuing State of Juvenile Justice in Wisconsin
This report is an update of an earlier report published in October of 2011 and includes data from 2011 and 2012. Fortunately, many of the trends noted in the earlier report have continued, as juvenile arrests have continued to decline and we have seen a growth in support for successful community-based programs.
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