Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AJR34 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 34
5	5	April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives VANDERMEER, BILLINGS, DITTRICH,
6	6	CLANCY, DESMIDT, DOYLE, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, J. JACOBSON, JOERS,
7	7	JOHNSON, KITCHENS, KRUG, KURTZ, MADISON, MIRESSE, MURSAU, ORTIZ-
8	8	VELEZ, PALMERI, PHELPS, ROE, SINICKI, SPAUDE, STUBBS and SUBECK,
9	9	cosponsored by Senators JAMES, PFAFF, DASSLER-ALFHEIM, L. JOHNSON,
10	10	KEYESKI, RATCLIFF, ROYS, SPREITZER, TESTIN and WALL. Referred to
11	11	Committee on Rules.
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14	14	Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program.
15	15	Whereas, President Gerald R. Ford Jr. signed the Social Services
16	16	Amendments of 1974 (H.R. 17045), into law on January 4, 1975, creating the
17	17	federal child support program as we know it today; and
18	18	Whereas, President Ford recognized the importance of child support at the
19	19	time, calling it Xa major piece of domestic legislation and a significant step forward
20	20	in Federal-State relationsY; and
21	21	Whereas, Wisconsin[s child support program is administered by the
22	22	Department of Children and Families and operated by 71 county child support
23	23	agencies and nine tribal child support agencies; and
24	24	Whereas, child support is one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in
25	25	the nation, and analysis of Wisconsin data shows that child support closed the
26	26	poverty gap by an average of 44 percent; and
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41	41	Whereas, in fiscal year 2023, the Wisconsin child support program served
42	42	341,000 children and collected $841 million in economic support; and
43	43	Whereas, by collaborating with their communities, county, state, and tribal
44	44	child support agencies and programs serve children and families by providing
45	45	needs-specific resources to assist families while encouraging family self-sufficiency;
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47	47	Whereas, over the past half century, the child support program has evolved to
48	48	include initiatives that connect parents to important services—including
49	49	employment training and treatment courts—so the parents can develop strong and
50	50	healthy relationships with their children; and
51	51	Whereas, Wisconsin has hundreds of hard-working child support
52	52	professionals who help fathers establish legal rights to their children, establish and
53	53	enforce support orders, and secure private health insurance for children; and
54	54	Whereas, Wisconsin[s child support program is a national leader, ranking
55	55	third in the nation for the collection and distribution of current support; now,
56	56	therefore, be it
57	57	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of
58	58	the Wisconsin Legislature honor January 4, 2025, as the 50th Anniversary of the
59	59	child support program and commend the county, state, and tribal agency staff
60	60	members who work to promote financial security for Wisconsin children and
61	61	families.
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