Author: ajlambert

Experts discussed data on child care access and availability in Wisconsin and the effects high teacher turnover rates have on children. They presented possible policy solutions to stabilize and grow the early care and education workforce in Wisconsin.

The seminar speakers unpacked how social and economic conditions can harm a person’s health and discussed why racial health disparities are so prevalent and persistent. They presented research-based policy options that can improve social and economic conditions in the state.

Policymakers in Wisconsin and around the country are reassessing their juvenile justice systems to better meet multiple goals: fiscal responsibility, public safety, holding youth appropriately accountable, and improved outcomes for youth and their families. In Wisconsin, nearly 40,000 youth under age 18 were arrested or taken into custody in 2017. National studies have found that …

Early childhood is a time of both risk and opportunity for brain development. Positive and negative experiences, especially prenatally through age 3, build the foundation for future well-being and success. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as abuse, neglect, and household challenges can have lasting effects if children do not have a responsive adult caregiver to …

According to Department of Workforce Development estimates, as many as 46,000 Wisconsin jobs could go unfilled in 2022. Demographic trends, including the retirement of baby boomers, may be driving a good portion of this labor shortage, but that is only part of the story. Other factors, such as mismatches between where jobs are located and …

During the 2016 federal fiscal year in Wisconsin, 22,050 people experiencing homelessness received services and shelter from providers that use the state’s tracking system. Homelessness is not just a Milwaukee or Madison concern, nor is it limited to single adults: 58% of Wisconsinites receiving homeless services lived outside Milwaukee and Dane counties, and 46% were …