There have been scads of interesting and important stories over the past year relating to the Wisconsin budget and the effects of budget changes on the state’s families. The Wisconsin Budget Project has blogged about many of those stories, and in today’s blog post it provides a list of and links to the project’s 10 most popular posts in 2011.
Inaccessible and Unaffordable Child Care Pushes Wisconsin Families to the Breaking Point
Wisconsin’s lack of accessible child care short-changes children and makes getting to work for parents difficult, while those who can find care struggle to pay for it. This costs the economy billions of dollars a year and holds women back professionally, especially women of color.
