The state budget and the taxes that help finance it have a huge impact on children and families. The budget provides most of the funding for vital government services, such as education, health care, transportation, child welfare and other safety net programs.
For more detailed analysis, visit the Wisconsin Budget Project website.
A Guest Post by Lark Pinney Everyone in Wisconsin, regardless of where they were born, deserves to be able to work and pay taxes without fear of repercussions. Yet in April, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced it will share migrants’ data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The IRS’ sudden compliance represents a...
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...
By: Eliza Hake and Julia Danes This past semester we had the opportunity to work with Kids Forward, and after these past few months we gained a new perspective on pressing issues globally and in the state of Wisconsin. (Note: statements in this blog may be subject to change as a result of rapid policy changes.) Here are a few key...
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...
From Boscobel to Burlington, Wisconsin families deserve a basic foundation that includes enough food to eat and health care. But Congressional Republicans and the Trump Administration are trying to take away food assistance, health care, and other vital public services, all to pay for more tax giveaways to the nation’s wealthiest 1%....
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