by WHSA | Aug 5, 2010
The Wisconsin Departments of Children & Families and Health Services will use a $1.16 million grant funded through section 511 of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) to improve the quality of home visiting services in at-risk...
by WHSA | Aug 4, 2010
On July 15, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education passed FY 2011 funding legislation including a $700 million increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and an $866 million increase for Head Start...
by WHSA | Aug 3, 2010
In a 16-0 vote the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) unanimously passed YoungStar, the Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) child care quality rating and improvement system, on June 23rd. The JFC’s action approves $10...
by WHSA | Jul 31, 2010
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) released fact sheets for Head Start and Early Head Start programs for the 2008-09 program year based on programs’ annual Program Information Report (PIR) data. The fact sheets provide snapshots of the...
by WHSA | Jul 30, 2010
Yesterday, the full Senate Committee on Appropriations approved (by a 18-12 vote) three FY2011 bills including the Labor, HHS, Ed, and Related Agencies bill, whose mark cleared the subcommittee earlier this week. Comparison of Labor, HHS, and Ed Appropriations –...
by WHSA | Jul 30, 2010
The National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) recently published “Readiness for School Involves and Array of Skills: Let’s Not Forget Fine Motor Development” in its July 2010 issue of In Focus (vol. 1, no. 5). The article...
by WHSA | Jul 27, 2010
The Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee has approved its FY 2011 mark-up which provides$169.6 billion in discretionary funding for the applicable Departments and related agencies. The subcommittee’s mark provides $8.2...
by WHSA | Jul 20, 2010
Children’s Budget 2010, the latest annual edition in the First Focus Children’s Budget series, is a comprehensive guide to all federal spending on children as it provides analysis of the over 180 federally funded programs which aim to enhance the...
by WHSA | Jul 18, 2010
WHAT: “From Arrest to Homecoming–Addressing the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents” Webinar SPONSOR: National Reentry Resource Center WHEN: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (central) WHERE: Internet DESCRIPTION: This free...
