WCCF welcomed 70 advocates from all over the state to our 2013 advocacy training and Lobby for Kids day last week.  Twenty-one state senate districts were represented in the state capitol. WCCF Executive Director Ken Taylo and Governmental Relations Manager Sabrina Gentile started the day by briefing the advocates on the 2013-2014 State...

I don’t recall hearing the Governor talk about child poverty in his speech tonight. I suppose that’s not surprising because the growth in that poverty rate wouldn’t have fit well in the narrative of success that the Governor was attempting to convey. He argued that positive economic indicators justify more of the tax cutting and...

State Policy Changes Result in Sharp Drop in Coverage BadgerCare enrollment fell by about 4,200 people in September, as the policy changes implemented in July continue to cause people to lose their BadgerCare coverage. In the first three months after those changes were initiated, BadgerCare enrollment has decreased by more than 16,000...

DOR Budget Sheds No Light on DCF Proposal to Cut TANF Support for the CreditWill the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) be cut again in the 2013-15 biennial budget, after it was reduced in the last budget?  I noted in a Budget Project Blog post last week that the budget request unveiled last Monday by Department of Children and...

From Superior to Beloit, community health centers provide needed preventive, dental and other health services to low-income, uninsured and minority children and families in medically underserved areas of Wisconsin. In 2010, 16 Community Health Centers in Wisconsin reported serving over 265,000 patients – 25% of which were for pediatric...