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Wisconsin Budget Project > 2009-2011 State Budget Essentials
2009-2011 State Budget EssentialsBudget Summary An Overview of the 2009-11 State Budget – Balancing the 2009-11 budget was an exceptionally challenging task. This paper provides a general picture of how the budget was balanced and outlines some of the more significant decisions relating to services for children and families (August 28, 2009). Supports for Low-Income Families – Notwithstanding the state’s severe budget challenges, policymakers were able to protect key safety net programs and even make some modest improvements in programs serving low-income families. This paper examines the budget provisions relating to the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program, child support, and tax credits for low-income families Federal Fiscal Relief Helps Balance the Budget – Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal government provided significant sums to state and local governments, allowing them to avoid even more painful cuts to critical services and programs. This 2-page paper examines that revenue and the challenge facing the state when it expires at the end of 2010 (September 4, 2009). Health Care Highlights of the 2009-11 Budget – This paper provides an overview of the major provisions relating to health care in the 2009-11 budget bill and looks ahead to the challenges the state will face in 2011-13 (September 8, 2009). Revenue Uppers Help Close Budget Shortfall – The biennial budget bill makes changes that generate a little over $2 billion in revenue. The changes range from an increase in the cigarette tax to changes in the treatment of capital gains. Still, these revenue uppers by themselves closed only a fraction of the budget gap, and General Fund taxes in each year of the new biennium will be less that the level in 2008-09 (September 8, 2009). What's Passed is Prologue...for Future Budget Difficulties - The state faces a “structural imbalance” for the 2011-13 biennium of $2.05 billion. That figure represents the amount of revenue growth that will be needed in the next biennium simply to maintain 2010-11 spending levels, without any adjustments for inflation or caseload growth. This brief paper examines the magnitude of the problems and its causes, such as phased-in tax cuts and the use of short-term fixes for long-term spending commitments (September 9, 2009). Comparative Analysis of Act 28: The 2009-11 Biennial Budget Bill. This document is a comprehensive summary of the 2009-11 biennial budget bill – focusing primarily on issues relating to children and families, but also addressing measures relating to the immense challenge of filling a budget deficit of more than $6 billion. It compares the final law (Act 28), including the Governor’s vetoes, with the versions approved at each stage of the budget process (Updated June 30, 2009). View the summary...Read the WCCF press release... AB 75 State Budget Bill - Testimony by Charity Eleson to Senate Children and Families Committee (April 15, 2009). Supports and Recommendations for Amendments to AB75 - This document includes a list of items that WCCF is encouraging support for as well as some suggestions for the legislature to consider during budget deliberations (March 24, 2009). WCCF Webinar: State Budget Balancing Act: What’s in store for children and families in the 2009-2011 Wisconsin Budget? (March 20, 2009) Early Care and Education "Cost Containment Proprosals in Wisconsin Shares 2009-2011 Biennial Budget" "Early Childhood Education: What Is a Quality Rating and Improvement System?" "Wisconsin Shares: Continued Access" Health Care for all Children and Families "Achieving Health Insurance Access for All Children: Protecting and Improving BadgerCare Plus" "Additional Options for Closing Wisconsin’s Budget Shortfall" "Combined Reporting: Restoring Fairness by Reducing Tax Avoidance" "Restoring Wisconsin's Estate Tax" "Ending the Erosion of the Homestead Tax Credit" "Catalog of Tax Reform Options" "Skilled Workers, Big Returns, Three High-Return, Targeted Workforce Development Investments"
AB 75 Biennial Budget Bill (June 8, 2009). Early Learning Coalition Response to Joint Finance Committee Action on Early Care and Education, June 9, 2009. DCF Budget, Papers #224 W-2 Contracts, #228 Benefits for Pregnant Women, #229 Caretaker of a Newborn Infant, and #237 Emergency Assistance (May 27, 2009). Youth Aids Allocations–Juvenile Corrections, Paper #302 (May 26, 2009). DOR Staffing Levels, LFB Paper #675, Support Alternative 2 (May 11, 2009). Homestead Tax Credit Formula: Support Fully Indexing the Credit, Budget Paper #707 (May 11, 2009). Support A1 and B1, Paper #631 on Kindergarten Grants (May 5, 2009). Income Maintenance Funding, LFB Paper #444, Support Alternative 2D (May 4, 2009). Food Share Benefits for Legal Immigrants, LFB Paper #443 (May 4, 2009). Additional General Purpose Revenue Reductions to Several Agencies, Paper #175 (April 15, 2009). None at this time. State Budget Process Time Line Advocacy Do's and Don'ts-Helpful Hints for contacting your legislator, making phone calls, writing letters or emails and testifying at public hearings. Budget Post Card to make contacting your legislators easy! 5 Steps for Successul Meetings with Legislators Joint Finance Committee Contact List 2007-2009 State Budget Essentials 2009-11 Budget Publications
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