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After Republicans gained control of the Legislature in 1994, they set about enacting a transformation of state welfare programs, creating Wisconsin Works and other welfare to work programs. In 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, DHSS transitioned into the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), and welfare-related programs were split off into the ...
Candy Hall, executive director of Kimberly-based Child Care Resource and Referral, said that in order to incentivize potential workers, child care centers often give them free or reduced priced ...
Thompson is best known nationally for changes in Wisconsin's welfare system, [21] which was radically downsized, [35] before similar ideas were adopted nationally. [21] Under his leadership, Wisconsin reduced its welfare rolls by almost 90%, cutting welfare spending but increasing investments in child care and health care, especially for low ...
According to UW Health, 27 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties today have no OB/GYN to deliver babies or provide reproductive health care. Wisconsin medical schools are struggling to provide training to ...
Child endangerment is the act of placing a child in a situation that neglects their health or life. [27] Child endangerment can cause many negative physical and mental effects. This can stem from abusive parental care, child neglect, and a multitude of other reasons.
Madison Lammert covers child care and early education across Wisconsin as a Report for America corps member based at The Appleton Post-Crescent. To contact her, email mlammert@gannett.com or call ...
The Work Incentive program in Wisconsin was an important predecessor to the Wisconsin Works program of the 1990s, which became a model for other welfare-to-work programs in the U.S. and elsewhere. [5] The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), passed in 1970, allowed the DILHR to conclude their own job safety inspections for private ...
The request, submitted by Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, asks that $15 million go to the Child Care Counts program.