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.
Finance Committee Will Also Consider Further Changes to BadgerCare Back in November, the Assembly passed 11 mental health bills that are now in the Senate, including 8 that have been referred to Joint Finance Committee (JFC). Seven of those bills, which were developed by the Speaker’s Task Force on Mental Health, are being considered...
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has a substantial agenda on Wednesday (Jan. 8) when it finally considers the budget items from the committee’s postponed Nov. 6th “section 13.10” meeting, as well as seven of the eight mental health bills that were referred to the committee in mid-November (which I’ll summarize in tomorrow’s WCCF blog...
The federal government announced today that it is awarding Wisconsin a 2013 bonus of $13.9 million for the state’s success in improving children’s access to health care through the BadgerCare program. The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 authorized performance bonus payments that pick up a larger share of...
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) voted today for the Special Session bill that delays all the BadgerCare changes until April 1, 2014, and also extends the state’s high risk plan (HIRSP) until that date. The bill was approved by a vote of 11 to 2, with two Democrats voting against the proposal because of the delay in coverage for...
LFB Paper Confirms Large Gap in Budget for the State's Welfare to Work Program The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) is scheduled to meet this Wednesday, November 6, on a number of budget issues, including a couple that we will be watching. Among those is a proposal from the Dept. of Children and Families (DCF) and Dept. of Health Services...
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