BadgerCare Plus
Beginning February 1, BadgerCare Plus offers comprehensive, affordable health care to children, working families and pregnant women in Wisconsin. Complete an online application. Need help filling out the application? Click here for a local listing of agencies that can help.
The Alliance welcomes Diane Flanagan, RDH
Flanagan is the Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) – Oral Health Project Manager/Regional Oral Health Coordinator. She is a dental hygienist with extensive experience in treating and advocating for CYSHCN and their families. Her experience also includes advocacy activities on a state and federal level while serving as president of a national non-profit organization.
Flanagan will be working with four other Regional Oral Health Coordinators to develop a statewide plan to promote oral health and organize community resources to increase access to dental care for CYSHCN. This project is funded by a Health Resources and Services Administration 4-year Targeted MCH Oral Health Service System Grant (TOHSS).
Healthy Teeth = Healthy Kids
A plan to improve the oral health of Milwaukee children. This plan identifies the dental disease burden that exists among children in the City of Milwaukee and recommends key strategies for change.
View plan.
View executive summary. Wisconsin’s Burden of Injury Report
This report provides injury statistics and information for Wisconsin and its counties. The report ranks the top five injuries for 2002-04 by three categories: injury deaths, injury hospitalizations and injury emergency department visits. View report.
Child Specific Findings
This is a one page document highlighting key findings from the Burden of Injury Report specific to Wisconsin’s children.
Press Release
Map of Wisconsin Counties
Effective June 1, 2006 - Wisconsin Booster Seat Law
Automobile passengers under age 4 will be required to be in a car seat, and passengers under age 8 will be required to be in a booster seat. Become familiar with the law.
Clearinghouse Rule 05-033 Passes
The Alliance is pleased to announce that Clearinghouse Rule 05-033 passed the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) that allows dental hygienists to become certified Medicaid providers. Learn more about the rule and access the final rulemaking order filed (a pdf of the final rule that passed). |
Allergist Outreach Trainings - Asthma Update on the New Guidelines
Free dinner program
6:00-8:00 p.m.
• May 19 – Shawano
• May 20 – Racine
• May 20 – Wausau
• May 20 – Wisconsin Dells
• May 22 – Sheboygan
• May 22 – Madison (full)
• May 28 – Milwaukee (full)
View invitation.
Third Annual Summit of Wisconsin's eHealth Initiative
June 12
Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club
Learn more.
First Annual Statewide Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Conference
Early Relationships Matter: Building Networks
June 18-20
Madison, WI
Learn more.
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