Our Mission: Explaining and Reducing Poverty in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
Community Advocates’ Public Policy Institute has a clear and simple goal: To explain why so many Milwaukeeans are poor, and to develop and implement a practical strategy to greatly reduce the level of poverty in our community and offer the poor the tools they need to lead better lives.
How Addiction Fuels Crime
According to Wausau Chief of Police Jeff Hardel, 70 percent of criminal activity is alcohol and drug-related. How Addiction Fuels Crime, a March 2 story by WAOW-Wausau, discusses the impact of untreated mental illness and addiction on the criminal justice system as well as the failure of insurance companies to provide adequate mental health and addiction benefits.
Eligible Workers Can Receive "Advance" on State Earned-Income Credit in 2010
Beginning in 2010, Wisconsin’s low-income workers can receive an “advance payment” on their state Earned Income Credit (EIC) as well as their federal Earned Income Credit.
By filing Wisconsin Department of Revenue Form WT-5 this spring, low-wage workers who claim the federal EIC on an advance basis can also claim a state EIC on an advance basis.
For an explanation of the advance federal EIC, download IRS form W-5 here (PDF).
Download the Wisconsin Earned Income Credit 2010 Advance Payment Certificate here (PDF).
Media Center
For all press inquiries, news releases and PPI in the Media, click here.
The Wisconsin Parity Act Passes Senate with Bipartisan Support, 20-13
The Assembly will likely vote on the Wisconsin Parity Act before close of the legislative session in the spring.
The Wisconsin Parity Act is an important bill that will require most group health plans in Wisconsin to provide mental health and substance abuse disorder benefits at parity levels. This new law will increase treatment for hundreds of thousands of people in Wisconsin, saving lives and lowering costs.
Read memos of support from the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO and the Wisconsin Counties Association. For more information visit www.ParityForWisconsin.org
Next Making Parity Real: March in Wausau
The next Making Parity Real symposium will be held Friday, March 5 in Wausau. For more information, visit www.MakingParityReal.org.
The Making Parity Real symposium held Jan. 15 in Green Bay was filmed by Wisconsin Eye; watch here.
Our Projects
- Pathways to Ending Poverty seeks to change the way we think about poverty.
- Learn about effort of the Milwaukee Addiction Treatment Initiative (MATI) to increase funding for addiction treatment and improve the delivery of addiction treatment services.
- The Mental Health Policy Initiative aims to improve state and local policies for individuals suffering from mental illness.
- Find out about Ending Poverty in Wisconsin: Plan of Action
