How WFT Helped a Family Succeed
This year, Kathy and her son are back together in their own home. When we first met Kathy (not her real name) two years ago, that outcome didn’t seem likely. She was living in a women’s shelter...
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Proposed Bill Would Open Juvenile Criminal Records To Wisconsin School Officials
Joanne Juhnke is the policy director of Wisconsin Family Ties. The organization held a news conference before the hearing to criticize the bill. “Make no mistake. [This] is a stunning example of proposing to more of the same thing and expecting a different result. This bill would elevate ineffective, punitive responses that are already being overused on our most vulnerable students....
Borsuk: Strict discipline or building social skills? Two approaches for safer schools
Joanne Juhnke, policy director of Wisconsin Family Ties, a nonprofit organization, said at a news conference before the hearing, “If Wisconsin could arrest and suspend its way to school safety,...
Proposed Bill Would Open Juvenile Criminal Records To Wisconsin School Officials
Joanne Juhnke is the policy director of Wisconsin Family Ties. The organization held a news conference before the hearing to criticize the bill. “Make no mistake. [This] is a stunning example...
Wisconsin schools will get more therapists, social workers, aid for kids in crisis
Through the final budget, lawmakers approved $39 million to eliminate a waiting list that Walker’s administration said in May included nearly 2,500 children. Mental health advocates have said...
The elderly and the disabled wait desperately, helplessly for care that isn’t coming
Debra Ramacher and her husband have been unable to find paid caregivers since June 2015 for their daughter Maya, 20, and their son Michael, 19, both of whom have cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other...
Mental health trauma didn’t set Reyna’s destiny
“That list, while it’s based on important research … ends up with an unfortunate emphasis because there’s already such a tendency to point the finger at the parents and say...
What role did trauma-informed care play in alleged juvenile prison abuse?
“I think it’s not fair to blame the trauma-informed care approach,” responded Joanne Juhnke, policy director at Wisconsin Family Ties, a Madison-based mental health advocacy group that helped...
Parents need help for Kids in Crisis, experts say
The mental health system across the state is a daunting bureaucracy and parents often feel overwhelmed and alone when seeking care for their children, said Hugh Davis, father of four children with...
Suicide prevention group creates action plan
Other ways people can help are to learn more about mental health issues, which will help eliminate preconceptions about those who struggle with them, said Hugh Davis, executive director of Wisconsin...
Pace of mental health reform slows to crawl
With a new budget cycle ahead, there is hope for renewed progress.
“I’m hoping that again we’ll be able to move forward and I hope that we didn’t lose momentum,” said...
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