Recent research affirming the importance of early relationships and experiences has raised our awareness of the consequences of child abuse and neglect, and the importance of preventing child maltreatment whenever possible. Collaboration between the Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund and the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has resulted in a comprehensive survey of county prevention programs and services designed to keep kids safe. The survey shows that place matters when it comes to prevention services. Results show wide variation across counties in the types and amounts of investments in prevention efforts. Depending on where a family lives, they have very different access to services and programs that are intended to support them and prevent maltreatment. The survey also revealed a low implementation rate of evidence-based programs; fewer than 5% of the prevention programs reported on in the survey are based on models that have been rigorously evaluated and shown to be effective. Check out the whole series: What It Will Take: Investing in Wisconsin’s Future by Keeping Kids Safe Today.
Doing the Right Thing, Punished Anyway: The IRS Puts Immigrants at Risk
A Guest Post by Lark Pinney Everyone in Wisconsin, regardless of where they were born, deserves to be able to work and pay taxes without fear of repercussions. Yet in April, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced it will share migrants’ data with Immigration and...
