Affordable
Care Act
Changes to enrollment in Medicaid/BadgerCare
will be effective January 1, 2014, and in preparation, the Wisconsin
Department of Health Services (DHS) will be sending letters to current
Medicaid/BadgerCare recipients. DHS will send letters to all recipients
who could be impacted by the changes on January 1, informing them of the
state health insurance exchange. Those losing Medicaid benefits would
have until December 15 to apply for uninterrupted coverage starting
January 1 through the insurance exchange.
Two websites,
healthcare.gov and
e4healthwi.org, can help answer
some of your questions about shopping on the insurance exchange. Should
you have additional questions, you may contact your county human
services department. Additionally, Chippewa and Dunn counties are part
of the
Great Rivers Consortium, and you can
request services at any of the county agencies within your consortium.
Their toll-free number is (888) 283-0012.
Reminder:
Listening Session Wednesday
Just as a reminder, I will be joining
Sen. Terry Moulton for a constituent listening session on October 2. I
look forward to meeting with constituents and hearing your top
priorities as the fall session gets going. As always, you can call,
write or email my office to share your comments on legislative issues as
well. I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, October 2nd
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
New Auburn Village Hall
103 E. Elm Street
Buy Local, Buy
Wisconsin Grants Due October 21
The deadline to apply for a Buy Local,
Buy Wisconsin grant is quickly approaching. Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin is
administered by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade &
Consumer Protection (DATCP) for the purpose of building the
infrastructure to support the growing local foods economy in the state.
There is $200,000 in grant funds available. The maximum award per
project is $50,000. Grant applicants must provide cash or in-kind match
equal to or greater than fifty percent of the total project cost.
Interested applicants must submit a
pre-proposal that includes a cover page, budget template and three-page
project description. A grant manual is online at
http://datcp.wi.gov/Business/Buy_Local_Buy_Wisconsin/BLBW_Grants. For
more information on this program, you may also contact DATCP’s Buy Local,
Buy Wisconsin Program Manager, Teresa Engel, at (608) 224-5101 or
teresa.engel@wi.gov.
Congratulations
Title I Schools
Wisconsin Title I School Program
recognizes success in educating students from low-income families. A
school can receive the award in three ways: by demonstrating high levels
of achievement, by greatly reducing the achievement gap, or by having
above-average achievement when compared to similar schools (referred to
as “beating the odds”).
It is an honor to announce that three schools
from the 67th Assembly District have earned a Wisconsin Title I
School Recognition Award for the 2013-2014 academic year. As I have stated
before, we have a great public education system here in our district, and I
appreciate the work of all of our teachers and administrators in giving our
children a first-class education. Schools awarded are:
Cornell Elementary School
Holcombe Elementary School
New Auburn Junior/Senior High School
Congratulations, and keep up the good work!
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