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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 ...
The goal of the Children's Bureau was: "To serve all children, to try to work out standards of care and protection which shall give to every child fair chance in the world." With the passing of Social Security Act in 1935, the federal government pledged its support of State efforts to extend health and welfare services for mothers and children.
A Republican-authored bill that its authors say would help tackle Wisconsin’s workforce issue by incentivizing employers to help their employees with child care drew praise from the business ...
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA) was enacted by the US Government on June 17, 1980. Its purpose is to establish a program of adoption assistance; strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children; and improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs.
The Multiethnic Placement Act, also known as MEPA (Pub. L. 103-382, Enacted October 20, 1994) was passed as a part of the Improving America's Schools Act as part of federal efforts to reduce delays in the permanent placement of children in out of home care. MEPA contains three major provisions affecting child welfare policy and practice:
In 2022 in Wisconsin, the average annual cost of care for an infant in a Wisconsin child care center — typically the most expensive category of care — exceeded $13,000. For a toddler in family ...
Later in 1965, the Board of Directors determined that there was a significant need for a child welfare agency within the WELS. [1] On March 4, 1966, the official name of the agency was changed to Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service, Inc. to reflect the two divisions of the agency (child welfare and convalescent/aging).
Many believe the entire model of foster care needs a complete overhaul. In Ohio, Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old in foster care, shot dead by police while holding a knife. Headlines like these ...