A summary of a report from Peter Pratt, President of Public Sector Consultants in Michigan The Michigan legislature passed--and Republican Governor Snyder signed into law--the FY16 budget in June. Despite severe budget pressure, lawmakers and the governor affirmed their commitment to wise early childhood investment by: allowing more...
This past week, Rep. Bobby Scott (Virginia) introduced the Youth Justice Act of 2015 a bill that mirrors the Senate bill to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). But, Rep. Scott's proposal creatively takes the best parts of the prior Youth PROMISE act that he has championed for several sessions and...
For children to grow up healthy and strong, we must provide them with proper nourishment: healthy meals, a doctor to visit when they’re sick, a quality child care center, strong schools, a safe home, and a just community. But not every child in Wisconsin is getting the nourishment they need, far too many kids are living in poverty. In...
Republican legislators voted today to revise or reject significant aspects of the Governor’s proposals to change community-based long-term care for the elderly and people with disabilities. However, they left enough of the Governor’s ideas intact to alarm advocates and people who rely on the Family Care and IRIS programs. A guiding...
A surge in the number of childless adults enrolled in BadgerCare is increasing the total cost of maintaining existing coverage and is thereby increasing the price of not tapping Wisconsin’s share of federal funding for Medicaid expansions. The large jump in enrollment of childless adults who are below the poverty level is one of the...
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