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...

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...

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...

“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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

Anna Moffit, a parent peer specialist for Wisconsin Family Ties and the parent of a son with autism, said she thinks “Madison, like other districts, overuses restraint and seclusion, which has a...

But Joanne Juhnke, policy director for Wisconsin Family Ties, which collaborated with the state Department of Corrections and Department of Health Services to bring trauma informed care practices to...