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Save the Date: WECA Advocacy Week

to join us for WECA’s Virtual Advocacy Week the week of March 2nd. We have invited Wisconsin State Legislators to attend a 45-minute Zoom meeting that will include a briefing on Wisconsin child care workforce issues from WECA and a 30-minute break-out session for participants to talk directly with elected officials and staff.

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Early Child Care Educators and the COVID-19 Vaccine: The Wisconsin Process

We have heard many of you expressing your concern about the COVID-19 vaccine in our state. We know that this process will take time, but we want to make sure to share the facts we have currently on this issue.

Child Care Sector Relief in Pandemic Bill

The House and Senate have passed a new $892 billion COVID Relief Package and the President signed the bill this past Sunday. While in its entirety, the bill is 5,593 pages long and will take time to fully understand, there are some highlights that will directly benefit early care and education professionals in Wisconsin. What’s more, the bill not only calls for pandemic relief, it also increases spending on federal programs impacting our field for 2021.

Effectively Communicating with Lawmakers and Beyond – Wisconsin Part 2

January 28, 2021 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

This hands-on session is for anyone who would be communicating with lawmakers throughout the campaign. The goal of this session is to help advocates understand how to communicate with lawmakers as well as what to communicate. During this training, we will be join by a few special expert guests.

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Wisconsin voters view high-quality, affordable early care and education as an essential service
that benefits all residents, and they strongly support a plan to invest $60 million annually in state funding to
expand access to early care and education programs, improve early childhood educator training, and
prevent child care program closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Good Food for children and a financial boost for child care providers.

Scholarship opportunities for early childhood educators.

Rewarding child care professionals for their commitment to the field.

Making lives of child care providers easier by streamlining administrative work.

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