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.
Early Care & Education: Supporting Wisconsin Families During Children’s Early Years
Regardless of race, place, or income, every child in Wisconsin deserves a strong start in life. This early foundation plays a critical role in life-long health and wellness. But systemic racism and poverty destabilizes families and communities and creates unhealthy conditions and barriers that harm children in their early development. This process of destabilization not only prevents children from having a strong start but can persist over the course of their lives.