2007-09 State Budget
Early Care and Education in the Governor's Budget Proposal, March/Apr. 2007
Politics, Recession Gang Up to Thwart Economic Development Proposals, Mar./Apr. 2008
Children's Issues in the 2007-09 Budget Requests, Nov./Dec. 2006
The 2007-09 Budget Bill: Steady Progress, But a Long Way to Go, May/June 2007
The Final 2007-09 Budget: Mostly Good News for Now, More Challenges Ahead, Nov./Dec. 2007
2009-11 State Budget
RX for Families in Difficult Times, Jan./Feb. 2009
Another Brutal Budget Brewing, Sept./Oct. 2008
De Profundis: Emerging from the Depths of a Really, Really Deep Budget Hole, Nov./Dec. 2008
2009-11 Budget Brings Mixed Emotions, Mar./Apr. 2009
Adapting to Changing Times, Nov./Dec. 2008
An Overview of the 2009-11 State Budget, Sept. 2009
Federal Fiscal Relief Helps Balance the Budget, Sept. 2009
Revenue Uppers Help Close Budget Shortfall, Sept. 2009
Health Care Highlights of the 2009-11 Budget, Sept. 2009
Early Care and Education in the 2009-11 Budget, Sept. 2009
Supports for Low-Income Families, Sept. 2009
2011-13 State Budget
What's Past is Prologue...for Future Budget Difficulties, Sept. 2009
4-Year-Old Kindergarten
Going the Distance: Keeping and Expanding the Commitment to High Quality Early Education, June/July 2006
Achievement Gap
Achievement Gap = Wasted Potential, June/July 2006
On the Ground with Stan Kocos, Fond du Lac School District's 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Aug./Sept. 2006
Affordable Housing
On the Ground with Greg Rosenberg, Executive Director, Madison Area Community Land Trust, April 2006
The Tarnished American Dream? A Prescription for Sustainable Homeownership in Wisconsin, Mar./Apr. 2008
On the ground with…Bethany Sanchez, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Mar./Apr. 2008
Foreclosure USA: Finally On the Verge of Direct Help for Large Numbers of Homeowners in Trouble, Nov./Dec. 2008
On the ground with...Marilyn Feil, Housing Caseworker, Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Nov./Dec. 2008
Afterschool
On the Ground with Stan Kocos, Fond du Lac School District's 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Aug./Sept. 2006
Afterschool Programs Help Students Succeed in School and Life, Nov./Dec. 2006
BadgerCare (Plus)
BadgerCare Plus (or Minus?), June/July 2006
BadgerCare Plus: The Potential to Change Lives, July/Aug. 2007
Health Care for Kids Becomes Key Congressional Issue, Sept./Oct. 2007
New Opportunities to Protect and Improve BadgerCare Plus, May/June 2009
Brain Development
Latest Brain Development Research Being Put into Practice in Milwaukee, Feb. 2007
Brain Food: The Real Dish on Nutrition and Brain Function, Nov./Dec. 2006
Unlocking the Mysteries: Adolescent Brain Development, May/June 2008
New WCCF Report, Rethinking the "Juvenile" in Juvenile Justice, Ties Brain Science to Policy, April 2006
Beyond Tagging Youth as "Criminals": Research on Child Maltreatment Supports a Better Approach, Nov./Dec. 2007
The Juvenile Justice System as a Mechanism for Helping Delinquent Youth Overcome Effects of Trauma, May/June 2008Opening Minds: Applying What We Know About Adolescent Brain Development to Treatment of Juvenile Offenders, April 2006
Say Good-Bye to the Better Badger Baby Bus, Mar./Apr. 2007
Coming Together in Support of Families, Sept./Oct. 2008
Child Welfare
Coming Together in Support of Families, Sept./Oct. 2008
The Impact is Real: Trauma, Neglect and Development, Sept./Oct. 2007
CHIP/SCHIP
Health Care for Kids Becomes Key Congressional Issue, Sept./Oct. 2007
New Opportunities to Protect and Improve BadgerCare Plus, May/June 2009
Dental Health
On the ground with Samantha Twohig, Oral Health Program Director, Fond du Lac Co. Health Department, May/June 2008
Early Childhood Care and Education
Latest Brain Development Research Being Put into Practice in Milwaukee, Feb. 2007
On the Ground with...Rep. Steve Kestell, May/June 2007
Going the Distance: Keeping and Expanding the Commitment to High Quality Early Education, June/July 2006
Working Families in Financial Squeeze: Child Care Cost and Quality, Mar./April 2008
Quality Child Care Matters to Children with Disabilities and their Families, May/June 2008
Early Learning Coalition Launches 'Great Start' Agenda, Sept./Oct. 2008
Early Care and Education in the Governor's Budget Proposal, March/Apr. 2007
Penfield Children's Center and the Legacy of Jim Ryan, Jan./Feb. 2008
In the Trenches: WCCF’s Response to the Wisconsin Shares Fraud Exposé, Mar./Apr. 2009
Early Learning Coalition Plants a Forest at the State Capitol, May/June 2007
Kids in the Capitol: Promising Developments in Washington for Early Learning, Nov./Dec. 2009
Elections
De-Mystifying the New Election Laws, Nov./Dec. 2006
Election Day 2008: What Do the Results Mean for Kids?, Nov./Dec. 2008
Focus on Kids and Political Campaigns, Aug./Sept. 2006
The Voters Have Spoken, Jan./Feb. 2007
Family Literacy
On the Ground with Stan Kocos, Fond du Lac School District's 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Aug./Sept. 2006
New Ways of Working Together for Literacy, Nov./Dec. 2006
Federal Budget
Federal Tax Cuts Mean Significant Program Cuts, April 2006
Federal Aid as a Tool for Wisconsin’s Economic Growth, Jan./Feb. 2009
Food Security
On the ground with...Sherrie Tussler , Executive Director, Hunger Task Force, July/Aug. 2008
Health Care
BadgerCare Plus (or Minus?), June/July 2006
On the Ground with...Rep. Curt Gielow (R-Mequon) (Wisconsin Health Plan), Nov./Dec. 2006
BadgerCare Plus: The Potential to Change Lives, July/Aug. 2007
Health Care for Kids Becomes Key Congressional Issue, Sept./Oct. 2007
New Opportunities to Protect and Improve BadgerCare Plus, May/June 2009
On the ground with Samantha Twohig, Oral Health Program Director, Fond du Lac Co. Health Department, May/June 2008
Immigrant Children
History in the Making: Immigrant Kids in Wisconsin, Nov./Dec. 2009
Juvenile Justice
Unlocking the Mysteries: Adolescent Brain Development, May/June 2008
New WCCF Report, Rethinking the "Juvenile" in Juvenile Justice, Ties Brain Science to Policy, April 2006
Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice: Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Wisconsin, April 2006
Handle with Care: Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, Aug./Sept. 2006
No Place for a Kid: Returning 17-Year-Olds to the Juvenile Justice System, Feb. 2007
On the Ground with Recently Retired Dane County Judge Moria Krueger, Mar./Apr. 2007
Juvenile Justice Essay Contest Winners, May/June 2007
Art Exhibit Focuses on Youth in the Correctional System, July/Aug. 2007
Beyond Tagging Youth as "Criminals": Research on Child Maltreatment Supports a Better Approach, Nov./Dec. 2007
Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction: A Legislative Update, Jan./Feb. 2008
Making the Connection: Racial Disparities Commission Finds Link Between Juvenile Justice Policy and Over-Representation of Minority Youth in System, Mar./Apr. 2008
The Juvenile Justice System as a Mechanism for Helping Delinquent Youth Overcome Effects of Trauma, May/June 2008
The Unintended Consequences of Blended Sentencing, July/Aug. 2008
What’s Next for the Adam Walsh Act? May/June 2009
Opening Minds: Applying What We Know About Adolescent Brain Development to Treatment of Juvenile Offenders, April 2006
Merging BARJ and EBP: The Necessary Components of an Effective Juvenile Justice System, Nov./Dec. 2009
K-12 Education
Achievement Gap = Wasted Potential, June/July 2006
Virtual Schools: The Current Round of the Educational Technology Debate, May/June 2009
Kids Count / Indicators / Misc. Data on Child Well-Being
Recruiting Begins in Waukesha County for National Children’s Study, Mar./Apr. 2009
Legislation and Advocacy
Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction: A Legislative Update, Jan./Feb. 2008
Politics, Recession Gang Up to Thwart Economic Development Proposals, Mar./Apr. 2008
E-Advocacy: Where Do We Go from Here?, Mar./Apr. 2008
A Tribute to Rebecca Young (1934-2008), Nov./Dec. 2008
Child Advocates Storm the Capitol for WCCF's First "Lobby for Kids Day," Mar./Apr. 2007
Legislative Session Wrap-Up, June/July 2006
Early Learning Coalition Plants a Forest at the State Capitol, May, June 2007
Moving Beyond Turkey: WCCF Encourages Friends to Take Their Advocacy to the Next Level, Jan./Feb. 2008
Two Key Elements of Success, Mar./Apr. 2007
Embracing Diversity, Nov./Dec. 2006
Mental Health
On the Ground with Dr. Tom Wright, Medical Director at Community Partnerships, Inc., Feb. 2007
People with Disabilities
Quality Child Care Matters to Children with Disabilities and their Families, May/June 2008
Penfield Children's Center and the Legacy of Jim Ryan, Jan./Feb. 2008
Poverty
On the ground with...Former DWD administrator Jennifer Noyes, and longtime W-2 advocate Pam Fendt, Sept./Oct. 2007
On the ground with...Sherrie Tussler , Executive Director, Hunger Task Force, July/Aug. 2008
An Ambitious Vision: End Child Poverty in Wisconsin by 2020, Aug./Sept. 2006
Helping Every Child Prosper With Vision 2020, May/June 2007
Vision 2020 Report Card: Moving All Wisconsin Families Forward, Jan./Feb. 2007
Promising Efforts in the Fox Cities, Sept./ Oct. 2007
Vision 2020: The Movie, Nov./Dec. 2007
One Year into Vision 2020, Momentum is Building, July/Aug. 2008
Public/Private Partnerships
On the ground with...Jon Stellmacher, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Sept./Oct. 2008
Racial Disparities
Achievement Gap = Wasted Potential, June/July 2006
On the Ground with Stan Kocos, Fond du Lac School District's 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Aug./Sept. 2006
Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice: Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Wisconsin, April 2006
Making the Connection: Racial Disparities Commission Finds Link Between Juvenile Justice Policy and Over-Representation of Minority Youth in System, Mar./Apr. 2008
School Technology
Virtual Schools: The Current Round of the Educational Technology Debate, May/June 2009
State Government
On the ground with Reggie Bicha, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Jan./Feb. 2008
TANF/W-2
On the Ground with Jerry Stepaniak, Vice President, Maximus, June/ July 2006
TANF Turns Ten: Key points from the WCCF report for The Brookings Institution, Aug./Sept. 2006
Court Nixes W-2 "Job Ready" Policy, July/Aug. 2007
On the ground with...Former DWD administrator Jennifer Noyes, and W-2 advocate Pam Fendt, Sept./Oct. 2007
Reexamining (Part of) Wisconsin’s Approach to Assisting the Unemployed: Are We Due for Changes in W-2? July/Aug. 2008
Taxes and Revenue
Federal Tax Cuts Mean Significant Program Cuts, April 2006
Shaping the Post-Tabor Discussion, June/July 2006
Boom(ers) and Bust: The Aging of Wisconsin's Population and Tax System, Mar./Apr. 2007
Corporate Tax Avoidance: Getting Big Biz to Pony Up Its Fair Share, Jan./Feb. 2008
Federal Aid as a Tool for Wisconsin’s Economic Growth, Jan./Feb. 2009
New Census Bureau Data Paints a Different Picture of Taxes and Spending in Wisconsin, Nov./Dec. 2009
Vision 2020
An Ambitious Vision: End Child Poverty in Wisconsin by 2020, Aug./Sept. 2006
Helping Every Child Prosper With Vision 2020, May/June 2007
Vision 2020: The Movie, Nov./Dec. 2007
One Year into Vision 2020, Momentum is Building, July/Aug. 2008
Moving Beyond Turkey: WCCF Encourages Friends to Take Their Advocacy to the Next Level, Jan./Feb. 2008
WCCF—Events, Priorities, Personnel
Taking a Break from a Life Measure Out With Coffee Spoons, Sept./Oct. 2007
My First Day, Nov./Dec. 2007
Moving Forward into a New Year, Jan./Feb. 2008
A New Way of Seeing , July/Aug. 2008
Saying Good-Bye, Mar./Apr. 2009
Reflections on Change, the New Constant in our World, May/June 2009
Back to the Future: New Deputy Director Joins WCCF Team, Jan./Feb. 2009
Say Good-Bye to the Better Badger Baby Bus, Mar./Apr. 2007
Coming Together in Support of Families, Sept./Oct. 2008
A Tribute to Rebecca Young (1934-2008), Nov./Dec. 2008
Donor Spotlight: Anne Arnesen, Jan./Feb. 2009
CCF Conference to Focus on "Bringing It Back Home", July, Aug. 2007
Coming Together in Support of Families, Sept./Oct. 2008
Moving Beyond Membership, Jul./Aug. 2007
Giving to Support the Change You Believe In, Sept./Oct. 2008
What's New at WCCF, Nov./Dec. 2009
Fall Fundraiser "Laugh Out Loud" a Hit, Nov./Dec. 2009
Work and Economic Support
Working Families in Financial Squeeze: Child Care Cost and Quality, Mar./April 2008
On the Ground with Jerry Stepaniak, Vice President, Maximus, June/ July 2006
TANF Turns Ten: Key points from the WCCF report for The Brookings Institution, Aug./Sept. 2006
New Ways of Working Together for Literacy, Nov./Dec. 2006
Bridges to Economic Security in the New Economy, May/June 2007
Court Nixes W-2 "Job Ready" Policy, July/Aug. 2007
On the Ground with...Dan Clancy, President, WI Technical College System, July/Aug. 2007
On the ground with...Researcher and Former DWD administrator Jennifer Noyes, and W-2 advocate Pam Fendt, Sept./Oct. 2007
Financial Aid Leads to Economic Security, Nov./Dec. 2007
On the ground with Terry Ludeman, Former Chief of the Office of Economic Advisors, DWD , Nov./Dec. 2007
Reexamining (Part of) Wisconsin’s Approach to Assisting the Unemployed: Are We Due for Changes in W-2? July/Aug. 2008
Viewing the Recession: Staggering Numbers, Real Lives, and Implications for Workforce Development Policy, Jan./Feb. 2009
Adapting to Changing Times, Nov./Dec. 2008
Youth Development
Unlocking the Mysteries: Adolescent Brain Development, May/June 2008
New WCCF Report, Rethinking the "Juvenile" in Juvenile Justice, Ties Brain Science to Policy, April 2006
Beyond Tagging Youth as "Criminals": Research on Child Maltreatment Supports a Better Approach, Nov./Dec. 2007
Opening Minds: Applying What We Know About Adolescent Brain Development to Treatment of Juvenile Offenders, April 2006
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