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.
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The two-year budget recently signed into law by Governor Walker contains significant cuts to higher education in Wisconsin. Over the next two years, core state support for UW universities and colleges is reduced by $250 million, and state support for the technical colleges is reduced by more than $70 million.These cuts follow a trend of...
The budget bill brought both good and bad news for the Transitional Jobs program, which provides subsidized job placements and training for unemployed, non-custodial parents who are ineligible for both unemployment insurance and the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program. It was initiated in September 2010 as a two-year demonstration program,...
Despite extensive cuts to education, including the elimination of the educational Wisconsin Covenant program, the 2011-13 biennial budget added funding for a reading task force called “Read to Lead.” The Read to Lead task force is budgeted for $1.2 million dollars over the next two fiscal years, with the aim of bolstering the reading...
The Governor’s proposed budget eliminated men from the Medicaid Family Planning Waiver Program, and the Joint Finance Committee restricted the program further by reducing income eligibility for women from 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) to 200% FPL. Joint Finance also imposed parental notification and use of family income to...
The Wisconsin Covenant, championed by Governor Doyle, was launched in 2006. It was seen as a way to inspire young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to plan early for successful high school careers that would lead to higher education.Eighth graders, beginning in the spring of 2007, were invited to sign a Wisconsin...
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