State Budget Update for Disability Advocates

Governor Evers recently signed into law the state 2023 – 25 biennial budget. The budget determines how Wisconsin will fund state programs and services for the next two years.

Here are links to some resources with information about the final budget:

• Survival Coalition of Wisconsin Disability Organizations has prepared a chart that compares the disability priorities advocates asked to be included in the budget with the Governor’s proposed budget and the budget approved by the Legislature and signed into law.
  • Survival Coalition analysis of disability priorities in the 2023-25 state budget (PDF)
• DRW has provided an overview of mental health provisions in the 2023 – 2025 State Budget. For each provision, there is a summary of the Governor’s proposal, and action taken by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee
  • DRW Overview of Mental Health Provisions in the 2023 – 2025 State Budget (accessible PDF)

For additional detail and information about other budget provisions:

• Legislative Fiscal Bureau Summary of Dept. of Health Services (DHS) budget (PDF)
• Legislative Fiscal Bureau Comparative Summary of Budget Recommendations – Governor and Joint Committee on Finance – June, 2023 (by Agency)