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Article: Milwaukee County lags in state funding for W-2 Based on old formula, area gets fewer dollars per family than elsewhere
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 7, 1998
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Milwaukee County continues to lose ground to the rest of the state
in funding per family for the Wisconsin Works (W-2) welfare
replacement program.
Even though Milwaukee County has 83% of the state's W-2 caseload,
it receives just 52% of the state funding, through contracts that
run through 1999.
"This doesn't make any sense," said Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River
Hills), who is asking policy-makers to "go back to the drawing board"
on distributing resources for W-2.
Rep. John Gard (R-Peshtigo), a sponsor of W-2 and co-chairman of
the Joint Finance Committee, asserts that Milwaukee County still has
fewer cases than initially projected and says it's too early to
consider changing ...