Children and Families

House COVID-19 Bill Offers Billions for Medicaid Expansion

Legislation would provide Wisconsin $1.3 billion if it expands Medicaid.

Evers Wants Funding for Child Care, Long Term Care

Budget proposal would address worker shortages, support vulnerable populations.

Evers Names 30 Equity Council Members

Governor’s Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion appointees include leaders from nonprofits, tribes, churches, community groups.

The COVID-19 Child Care Chasm

In Southeast Wisconsin, 61% of licensed providers closed, either temporarily or permanently.

Report Tallies COVID’s Economic Carnage

WEDC report also offers solutions. Wisconsin may only get one chance to make it right.

How Has COVID-19 Impacted Child Care Providers?

Two out of five child care providers were closed by May.

Gov. Evers Announces Hundreds of Millions in Investments Supporting Wisconsin’s Kids, Families, and Caregivers

Governor's budget proposal directs more than $140 million over biennium to address childcare quality, affordability, and access, invests more than $600 million in long-term care infrastructure

Gov. Evers Proposes Legalizing Marijuana, Investing Portion of Revenue in Equity Initiatives and Rural Schools

Governor’s proposal regulates and taxes marijuana much like alcohol, generates more than $165 million annually beginning in Fiscal Year 2023

WILL Represents Dane County Dance Studio in Fight Against Health Department Fines, Orders

Without warning, health department fined dance studio nearly $24,000 for video recording dances in small groups

Gov. Evers, DCF Announce Wisconsin Awarded $30 Million Federal Grant for Early Care and Education

Milwaukee County Receives Nearly $5 Million Fatherhood FIRE Grant to Support Healthy Father Engagement Activities

AG Kaul Announces Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force Membership

October 15, 2020