Enrollment in Wisconsin’s childhood disability program has sharply increased in recent years.
The Children’s Long Term Support program provides waviers for children with institutional-level disabilities. The number of children taking part has increased by 361-percent since 2017. There has also been a 28-percent jump in enrollment in just the last year and a-half. The Maciver Institute says the rapidly rising numbers signal either one of two things: a large increase in the number of children with severe mental/physical disabilities or a large increase in the recognition of these disabilities. They are concerned about what they’re calling the growing mental and physical health crisis in Wisconsin’s young children.
