Budget Bills Pose Even Larger Threats to Medicaid We all know that in a horror movie the villain that has been threatening death or destruction will appear to die, only to miraculously come back to life for one or more final attempts on the life of the heroic protagonist who was prematurely enjoying his or her apparent victory. Because...
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Medicaid is Vital to Rural Communities
Medicaid provides health care for nearly 1.2 million Wisconsinites in all parts of the state, but a new study shows that it is especially important for children in rural areas. The new analysis by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that in 2014-15 Medicaid provided health coverage for 45 percent of children...
A Step Forward for Juvenile Justice-Hope Springs Eternal
Per the Coalition for Juvenile Justice: House Passes HR 1809 to Reform and Reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Today, in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, and enhance the focus on prevention, was passed by voice...
What does the future hold for justice reform?
Predicting how the new administration under President Trump will view criminal and juvenile justice reform is risky, but concerns about a return to a “law and order” perspective are legitimate. Based on comments President Trump made during the campaign, his continued refusal to accept the proven wrongful conviction of the Central Park...
How Low Can it Go? Juvenile Arrests, that is!
The almost two-decade decline in the number of juveniles arrested in Wisconsin each year continued to decline through 2015, as noted in a recent WCCF Report on The State of Juvenile Justice in Wisconsin. As one would expect, that leads into declines in a number of other areas, including declines in the number of youth in a juvenile...
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