The Budget’s Effect on Wisconsin’s Low-Income Families

by Kids Forward | June 13, 2011

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How will the state budget impact low-income families? WCCF has updated two analyses to show how the budget — as amended by the Joint Finance Committee — will affect low-income families:

  • Effects of the Biennial Budget and Budget Repair Bills for Working Families: This is a summary of the ways the proposed 2011-13 budget bill and the 2011 budget repair bill will affect working families, particularly low-wage workers. It examines the cuts to the Earned Income Tax Credit and Homestead Tax Credit, likely effects on health care programs, potential cuts to child care subsidies, diminished opportunities for education and training, and cuts to transit programs.

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