Press Releases
Northeast Wisconsinites Stand up for Medicaid
Download as PDF Over 35 concerned individuals, mental health service recipients, impacted family members, school and community-based mental health providers, and substance use therapists gathered at Foundations Health & Wholeness in Green Bay to call on decision...
$700B Medicaid Cuts Put Wisconsin Families, Kids, & Rural Hospitals at Risk
Download as PDF The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee is taking its first step on proposed efforts to cut at least $715 B from Medicaid over the next 10 years—which would be the largest Medicaid cut in the health program’s 60 year history—and weaken the...
Our Response to Governor Evers’ Budget Proposal
Last night, Governor Evers shared a budget that starts to address some of the challenges confronting families across the state. During the “Year of the Kid,” we look forward to working on both sides of the aisle to ensure that the state budget includes every kid in...
Wisconsin Leaders Call on Congress to Protect Medicaid
As Congressional leadership proposes up to $2.3 trillion in cuts to the federal Medicaid program, more than 100 Wisconsin organizations—representing county leaders, direct service providers, health care providers, advocates, and many others in every county across the...
New Report: Medicaid Vital to Health & Wellness of Wisconsin’s Rural Communities
Contact: Emily Miota, 262-853-6863, [email protected] About One in Three Rural Wisconsin Children Count on Medicaid for Health Care Coverage A new report shows just how much Wisconsin families rely on Medicaid/BadgerCare in both rural and urban communities....
Announcing New Deputy Director: Alia Stevenson
The Kids Forward team is excited to announce the hiring of Alia Stevenson as Deputy Director. Stevenson joins the team right as Kids Forward launches Reimagine Wisconsin, an antiracist, community-informed policy agenda focused around four critical pillars for...
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Kids Forward in the News
Unraveling Wisconsin: Disparities, Budgets, and Politics (CivicMedia)
Work requirements would put Medicaid coverage at risk for Wisconsinites (Wisconsin Health News – login required)
Dads Speak Up for Child Care (WORT)
Legislators, community members call for increased child care funding in state budget (CBS 58 News)
Dads Care for Child Care event highlights need for state funding (NBC 27)
WI leads nation in racial disparities, but ranks high in child well-being report (Public News Service)
Medicaid Myths and Billionaire Brawls – Maggie Daun Show (Civic Media)
Proposed Medicaid cuts would impact mental health, substance abuse services in Brown County, experts say (Green Bay Press Gazette)
House GOP Medicaid plan draws concerns (Wisconsin Health News – login required)
Workforce across northeast Wisconsin will be impacted by immigration policies. Here’s how. (Milw Journal Sentinel/Sheboygan Press)
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