This is a 2008 WCCF publication outlining why 17 year olds should not be charged as adults, including a review of some of the collateral consequences of youth getting an adult arrest and/or court record. Although the numbers have changed, the basic content of this report informs our on-going efforts to raise the age of adult court jurisdiction to age 18.
Equity in Early Learning: Continuing Assessments on Race and Ethnicity in Wisconsin Shares, YoungStar and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten
In the Spring of 2020, Kids Forward published its first report that specifically examined racial equity in Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education (ECE) system. Unsurprisingly, the resulting data showed significant disparities in access to high-quality childcare as...