Press Releases & Testimony

2021

• Pre-adoption training formats SB 294 (10.14.21)
• Foster Parent's Bill of Rights AB 412 (10.13.21)
• Reports of Child Sexual Abuse and Out of Home Care AB 423 (10.13.21)
• JFC Memo on Biennial Budget 2021-23 (4.28.21)
• Qualified Residential Treatment Programs SB 161 (4.27.21) 

 2020

• WAFCA Press Release - Governor Signs Bill Expanding Mental Health Consultation to Parents (2.6.20)

• WAFCA Testimony on SB 610 - For Information Only (1.22.20)

2019

• WAFCA Testimony in Support of AB 643 - QRTP (12.18.19)
  
  
• Wisconsin Enacts New Law to Support Homeless Youth (11.20.19)
  
  
• WAFCA Testimony on Adoption Task Force Proposals (10.29.19)
  
  
• WAFCA Welcomes New Associate Director Emily Coddington (9.6.19)
  
  
• WAFCA Support for Initiatives in 2019-21 Biennial Budget (6.27.19)
  
  
• WAFCA Announces Leadership Transition, New Executive Director Kathy Markeland (6.21.19)
  
  
• WAFCA Release: Support for AB 192 - Clinical Consultation for Students (5.22.19)
  
  
• Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (5.09.19)
  
  
• Expanding Home Visiting in Wisconsin - Joint Memo to the Wisconsin Legislature (2.19)
  
  
• WAFCA Ideas for increasing access to health services and growing the behavioral health workforce (1.17.19)

2018

• WAFCA Urges Congressional Delegation to Keep Kids in Families (6.27.18)
  
  

• 3rd Annual Growing School Mental Health Conference - June 22, 2018  (6.18.18)

• January 25, 2018: WAFCA Praises Committee Passage of AB 660 - Returning 17-year-olds to Youth Justice System
  
  
• WAFCA Support for Tuition Remission (1.18.18)
  
  
• WAFCA Support for Limited Release of Mental Health info (1.17.18)
  
  
• WAFCA Testimony in Support of Foster Forward (1.17.18)
  
  
• WAFCA Support for Notification of School regarding Foster Care Placement (1.11.18)
  
  

2017

• November 28: WAFCA Affirms Prevention Focus in Task Force Recommendations
  
  
• October 24:  WAFCA Applauds Expansion of Mental Health Access
  
  
• September 21: Budget Advances Key Initiatives for Family Services and Student Mental Health
  
  
• August 29: WAFCA Commends JFC Action to Support Student Mental Health
  
  
• August 18: WAFCA Comments on Changes to Coverage Policy and Prior Authorization Requirements for Behavioral Treatment
  
  
• July 27: WAFCA Members Share Value of Investment in Family Stability
  
  
• June 28: WAFCA Looks forward to Speaker's Task Force on Foster Care
  
  
• May 25: WAFCA Release: Joint Finance Committee Advances School-Based Mental Health 
  
  
• May 19, 2017: WAFCA Comments on BadgerCare Reform Draft 1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment
  
  
• April 18: WAFCA Testimony in Support Refundable Tax Credit for Youth in Transition (AB 239)
  
  
• March 1, 2017: Protect Medicaid to Protect Wisconsin Families

• February 9, 2017: Governor's Budget Promising for Children and Families

2016

• May 5 2016: Children's Mental Health Awareness Day

• Feb 19 2016: Applauds Passage of Bill to Expand Access to Mental Health Services in Schools

• May 22 2015: Support for Joint Finance Action on Child & Family Services
  
  

• May 15 2015: Joint Finance Approves Increasing Support for Adoptive Families