The Joint Finance Committee approved 11-4 along party lines boosting programs in the Department of Children and Families by $125.5 million in all funds over the next two years.
The bulk of that increase -- $77.3 million -- would go to increase reimbursement rates for Wisconsin Shares, a program that provides child care assistance to low-income families so parents and other caretakers can work or p...
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