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June 2004
A New Resource for Policymakers
Evaluating School Funding Formulas Checklist: What Questions Should Legislators Ask?
The Evaluating School Funding Formulas Checklist raises important issues that can help legislators sort out how well legislative proposals meet the goals of education in Wisconsin; how compatible they are with Wisconsin’s history of funding elementary and secondary schools; how responsive they are to the demographic characteristics of Wisconsin students, families, and communities; and how appropriate they are given the state’s available resources.
New Issue of Family Matters Newsletter Available
Family Involvement in Education
Family Matters is a newsletter for state policymakers published by the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars. Check out the tenth issue, Family Involvement in Education.
May 2004
New Issue of Family Matters Newsletter Available
Family Matters is a newsletter for state policymakers published by the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars. Check out the ninth issue, Update on Out-of-School Time.
February 2004
Five More Sites Join Our Network!
The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars is proud to welcome five states to our policy network. These new sites, in Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, join existing sites in California, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Wisconsin, to help bring the Family Impact Seminar model to policymakers and professionals around the country.
January 2004
- IN – The Effect of Changes in Tax Policy on Indiana Families
- NE – Rising Health Costs Policy Options
- NY – TANF & Marriage What Does Research Tell Us About Healthy Families?
Tennessee Family Impact Seminar Directors Featured in NCFR's Family Focus
Check out "Strengthening Families: Making Connections to Early Childhood Policy," a Family Focus article based on information from ...
Massachusetts Impact Seminars hold 5th seminar
The Massachusetts Family Impact Seminars held their 5th seminar March 26, 2014 on A Lot on Our Plate: Chronic Health Threats in Massachusetts.
Missouri Family Impact Seminars hold 2nd seminar
The Missouri Family Impact Seminars held their 2nd seminar March 26, 2014 on Early Childhood Education: Investing in Missouri's Children.
Tennessee Impact Seminars hold 1st seminar
The Tennessee Family Impact Seminars held their 1st seminar February 3, 2014 on Strengthening Families.
Four New Sites Join Our Network!
The Family Impact Institute (formerly the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars) is proud to welcome Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island to our policy network. Affiliates from these four states attended a training in Madison, WI ...
Wisconsin Impact Seminars hold 32nd seminar
The Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars held their 32nd seminar January 22, 2014 on The Science of Early Brain Development: A Foundation for the Success of Our Children and the State Economy.