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.
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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.
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The Pope’s recent Encyclical Letter, “On Care for Our Common Home,” (“Laudato Si’), has won international praise from both religious and nonreligious leaders and observers.
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Monday, November 9, 2015, was the first day that Wisconsin’s unemployed and welfare recipients had to undergo drug examinations. All applicants were given questionnaires to fill out and, depending on the responses, may be submitted…
Read MoreWIPPS maintains an ongoing research collaboration with Kettering Foundation of Dayton, Ohio, as well as high school and college institutions in Birmingham, Alabama; State College, Pennsylvania; and Long Island, New York.
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The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS), in partnership with the Marathon County Public Library and the T.B. Scott Free Library, will be conducting six deliberative community forums on how to enhance…
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For many families, a tax refund is one of the largest payments a family will receive all year. A program to provide free tax assistance to low-income, handicapped and elderly individuals will again be…
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MENASHA — As part of the Civic Participation Lecture Series, a community forum featuring Congressman Tom Petri (Ret.) and Congressman Dave Obey (Ret.) will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Perry Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Fox…
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The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS) and the David R. Obey Civic Resource Center present a unique opportunity for university students and the general public to hear directly from two long-time…
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A nationally known civic organizer is coming to the UW Center for Civic Engagement on October 6 to describe how citizens in small towns can be re-energized and focused on helping their communities. Harry…
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