By Lynda L. Jones Governor Jim Doyle has a reason to smile this week, as his vision on child care reform continues to move in the direction that he has hoped. The governor has spoken on many child care changes over the past few years, one being a rating system, and a central location that [...]

A new $1.16 million grant through the Affordable Care Act will be used to expand and improve the quality of home visiting services in atrisk communities. The new funding will help local communities improve maternal and newborn health, school readiness, and community resource coordination, and reduce child maltreatment and injuries, and domestic violence. “Home visiting [...]

This week First Lady Jessica Doyle and Department of Children and Families Secretary Reggie Bicha recognized foster parents Scott and Paulette Drankiewwicz for their incredible commitment to the foster children in Milwaukee County by honoring them with the 2010 Governor’s Foster Care Award. “People who become foster parents do so out of love and compassion,” [...]

Department of Children and Families Secretary Reggie Bicha announced this week the launch of the Nurse Family Engagement program that will improve the safety, health and well-being of Milwaukee’s most vulnerable children. This is the latest step by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to improve child welfare in Milwaukee. Nurse Family Engagement adds [...]

Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin kicks off its first annual Home Run & Walk, Covering the Bases for Foster Care, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1, at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Peggy Troy, MSN, RN, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital and Health System, Secretary Reggie Bicha of the Department of Children and Families, and [...]

Unity Caucus and Senator Taylor present summit with DCF and local officials Compiled by Courier Staff Senator Lena C. Taylor (D) Milwaukee) this week announced a child care summit to take place Saturday, February 27th in Milwaukee. The summit will offer advice ranging from how to open a daycare center to questions about receiving micro-loans. [...]