Provider Insights and Policy Innovations: Exploring Supports for Child Care Business Viability in Outagamie County
This report focuses on the business challenges that local child care providers face in Outagamie County.
Inspiring evidence-based policymaking
This report focuses on the business challenges that local child care providers face in Outagamie County.
This report for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) explores the intersection of trade and the environment.
This report investigates the relationship between access to electricity and public health outcomes and identifies the most economically efficient countries in sub-Saharan Africa for immediate investment.
La Follette School students recommend strategies to address disparities in public land use and participation in outdoor recreation.
Health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic led to creative changes in youth justice practice and a significant reduction in Wisconsin’s youth justice population.
The Wisconsin International AgriBusiness Center facilitates Wisconsin’s trade through technical expertise and market development initiatives. Using both quantitative and qualitative data analysis, this report identifies the top opportunity markets from Wisconsin exporters in the next three to five years, including Australia, Indonesia, France, Thailand, Spain, and Brazil.
Expanding the coverage and quality of internet services remains an important challenge throughout Wisconsin. The Broadband Expansion Grant Program, managed by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, aims to assist in the development of internet services in “unserved” and “underserved” areas of the state by awarding grants to fund the building of new broadband infrastructure. This report evaluates the grant program by analyzing feedback from past grant applicants and recipients and by examining program data against American Community Survey data. Several recommendations to increase the equity and effectiveness of the grant program are provided.
In 2019, Wisconsin generated 76 percent of its electricity from non-renewable energy sources, including 42 percent from coal-fired plants and 34 percent from natural gas. These sources produce harmful pollutants and negatively affect the health of surrounding communities. This report examines Wisconsin’s current energy landscape, as well as national and local clean energy actions, to …
We analyzed the Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnership (GloMEEP), a project that assisted developing countries in regulating shipping emissions, through case studies of two nations: Panama and Argentina. Our analysis (1) evaluates project impact, (2) assesses in-country factors, and (3) synthesizes key takeaways.
Guardians ad Litem (GALs) are attorneys who play a critical role in the family court system by representing the best interests of children while providing a recommendation for custody and placement. Though GALs are required to investigate for domestic abuse in every case, survivors and advocates sometimes find that a thorough investigation was not completed. Our goal is to investigate the barriers GALs face in implementing best practices concerning domestic abuse. This report analyzes data collected through surveys of stakeholders, as well as 25 interviews conducted in select counties. Our analysis shows that GALs face distinct barriers to their practice and to addressing domestic abuse. These fell under five main categories: payments and payment systems, resources, training, uniformity, and pro se representation (or self-representation). We provide seven prioritized recommendations to address these issues through increased county responsibility and shared services, expanded training opportunities for family court professionals, and greater statewide oversight.