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Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety, Precious Lives

Focus on traumatic childhood helps victims heal and succeed

Wisconsin is part of a growing nationwide movement to adopt trauma-informed care, an approach that helps people identify and overcome negative childhood experiences. The approach is being used to improve mental health, provide social services and address a wide range of criminal justice problems.

Posted inGovernment, Open records, Scott Walker's Wisconsin

Former cabinet members: Top Scott Walker aide ordered them to avoid state email, phones

Two former members of Gov. Scott Walker’s cabinet say the administration has had a policy of communicating official business through private channels. The allegations come as the Walker administration faces criticism for cutting public access to internal text messages and other so-called transitory state records.