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 budget bill contains 10% cuts to a broad range of public health programs, including Community Health Centers, yet it also has a couple of positive developments relating to targeted funding for dental health care. Community Health Centers are a critical part of the health care safety net. They help uninsured Wisconsinites get access...
In his budget proposal, the Governor accepted the Department of Corrections’ recommendation to close two secure juvenile institutions. Ethan Allen School for boys is going to close, meaning residents will be transferred to Lincoln Hills. The plan also calls for the closing of Southern Oaks Girls School, forcing the transfer of those...
Higher education in Wisconsin was hit hard by the two-year state budget Governor Walker recently signed into law. While the UW System received significant cuts, legislators and the Governor made that up in part by providing for a 5.5% tuition increase for in-state undergraduates at system schools in both 2011-12 and 2012-13. At the same...
Wisconsin Shares is a child care subsidy program that helps working families afford quality care for their children while they are at work. Funding for the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program was cut from a base level of $342 million annually to $297.7 million in FY12 and $297.3 in FY13. But it could have been a lot worse; most...
Part of the budget bill’s strategy for closing the deficit while freeing up money for highways and tax cuts is to transfer $37 million per year from the federal block grant known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The budget and budget repair bills reduce by $111 million over three years the TANF funding that is...
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