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UW-Madison/Extension
3rd Fl Middleton Bldg
1305 Linden Drive
Madison WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-2353
Fax: 608-265-6048
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars


The Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars are directed by Karen Bogenschneider. All seminar briefing reports can be downloaded at no charge, but if you would like a soft-cover printed copy, please contact University Extension’s Publication website for more information. You can browse their catalog and find ordering information on the Publications website.


Seminar Date Topic
FIS 28 February 2010 Workforce Development Policy: New Directions for States
FIS 27 February 2009 Growing the State Economy: Evidence-Based Policy Options
FIS 26 January 2008 Looking Beyond the Prison Gate: New Directions in Prisoner Reentry
FIS 25 October 2007 Cost-Effective Approaches in Juvenile and Adult Corrections: What Works? What Doesn’t?
FIS 24 January 2007 Affordable Strategies to Cover the Uninsured: Policy Approaches from Other States
FIS 23 February 2006 Long-Term Care Reform: Wisconsin's Experience Compared to Other States
FIS 22 October 2005 Medicaid: Who Benefits, How Expensive is It, and What are States Doing to Control Costs?
FIS 21 February 2005 Improving Health Care Quality While Curbing Costs
FIS 20 February 2004 A Policymaker's Guide to School Finance: Approaches to Use and Questions to Ask
FIS 19 October 2003 Corrections Policy: Can States Cut Costs and Still Curb Crime?
FIS 18 January 2003 Rising Health Care Costs: Employer Purchasing Pools and Other Policy Options
FIS 17 January 2002 Early Childhood Care and Education: What Are States Doing?
FIS 16 March 2001 Designing a State Prescription Drug Benefit: Strategies to Control Costs
FIS 15 January 2001 Rising Prescription Drug Costs: Reasons, Needs and Policy Responses
FIS 14 January 2000 Helping Poor Kids Succeed: Welfare, Tax and Early Intervention Policies
FIS 13 October 1999 Raising the Next Generation: Public and Private Parenting Initiatives
FIS 12 February 1999 Long-Term Care: State Policy Perspectives
FIS 11 March 1998 Enhancing Educational Performance: Three Policy Alternatives
FIS 10 January 1998 Building Resiliency and Reducing Risk: What Youth Need from Families and Communities to Succeed
FIS 9 May 1997 Moving Families Out of Poverty: Employment, Tax and Investment Strategies
FIS 8 February 1997 Programs and Policies to Prevent Youth Crime, Smoking and Substance Use: What Works?
FIS 7 March 1996 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Programs that Work
FIS 6 November 1995 Child Support: The Effects of the Current System on Families
FIS 5 January 1995 Welfare Reform: Can Government Promote Parental Self-sufficiency While Ensuring the Well-being of Children?
FIS 4 May 1994 Promising Approaches for Addressing Juvenile Crime
FIS 3 January 1994 Can Government Promote Competent Parenting?
FIS 2 October 1993 Single Parenthood and Children's Well-being
FIS 1 March 1993 Building Policies That Put Families First: A Wisconsin Perspective

Contact Information

Karen Bogenschneider
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Human Development & Family Studies
1430 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-4070
karen@familyimpactseminars.org

Jennifer Seubert
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars
1300 Linden Drive, Room 18
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-2353
info@familyimpactseminars.org


Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar Funders

Current and past support for the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars, which is sponsored by UW-Extension and the Center for Excellence in Family Studies of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, includes The Helen Bader Foundation, The Brittingham Foundation, The Harry and Lynde Bradley Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, The A.L. Mailman Foundation, The National Governors Association, The National Conference of State Legislatures, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Private Philathropists include Jean Manchester Biddick, Elizabeth C. Davies, and Phyllis M. Northway.

Download the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars brochure. (pdf)

If you have trouble accessing this page, require this information in an alternative format, or wish to request a reasonable accommodation because of a disability contact Jennifer Seubert at info@familyimpactseminars.org or 608-263-2353.

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