Community for Us by Us: Kickoff Event

Join Wisconsin Rapids residents like you who value our community and want to make positive changes to impact our future. Over the next year, the Wisconsin Institute…

Economic Prosperity Series: Citizen Deliberation Results

In December, January and February, WIPPS, along with the Marathon County Public Library and the T.B. Scott Free Library, hosted deliberative forums sponsored by…

Economic Prosperity Series: Citizen Deliberation Results

In December, January and February, WIPPS, along with the Marathon County Public Library and the T.B. Scott Free Library, hosted deliberative forums sponsored by the Kettering Foundation on issues critical to the nation’s economic future.

Get Out The Vote: Students Vote In Mock Elections

WIPPS partners with Kids Voting USA-Wisconsin to help young people learn about the importance of civic participation. WIPPS supported KVUSA’s biennial mock convention and…

Veninga Lecture Series: Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship

The Veninga Lecture Series continues its in-depth look at the Pope’s Encyclical on climate change with a long-time Catholic bishop’s perspective on May 9…

Regional Talent Innovation Network (RETAIN)

Background Jobs in Central Wisconsin are forecasted to grow more slowly than other parts of state and Midwest region. There is also concern that…

Marathon County: The Case of Uniform Addressing (Case Study)

Background Marathon County articulated a goal to support a growing culture among county administration and elected officials of the value of public engagement, including…

Extension Reimagined Project

The University of Wisconsin-Extension contracted with WIPPS Research Partners to engage community partners and stakeholders throughout the state to reimagine the future needs of…

Baby Business: The Dollars and Sense of Investing in Working Parents

Supported parents make productive employees. Retaining skilled, productive workers is a continual challenge for employers. WIPPS partnered with Marathon County Early Years Coalition to raise awareness around parent support in the workplace.

VITA: True value – through the eyes of a volunteer

As a VITA volunteer tax preparer, I learned a lot about individual family finances and situations; sometimes realizing that a tax refund would be one of the biggest sources of extra yearly income for them. It is moments like these, accompanied with some of their comments, which brought me back to VITA for the second time.