by Paula Drew | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Release, WEESSN
The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN), connecting center-based and family child care programs together to collaboratively tackle challenges that face the sector, is expanding its reach. This network has been active since January of 2019,...
by Paula Drew | Apr 30, 2021 | Advocacy, Workforce
by Paula Drew, WEESSN Co-Director; Peggy Haack, ECE Activist; Amy Schuster, REWARD, Program Director While Worthy Wage Day always invokes a myriad of feelings, 2020 was likely one of our darkest tributes to this cause. With COVID-19 spreading across the state and the...
by Paula Drew | Dec 30, 2020 | Advocacy, Workforce
by Paula Drew, Co-Director, WEESSN The child care sector has been named in every pandemic relief bill proposed to congress since the spring. The importance of this work has never been more clear. And while we must keep advocating for the long-term Child Care is...
by Paula Drew | Nov 20, 2020 | Press Release, WEESSN
According to the National Association of the Education of Young Children, an estimated 40% of child care programs around the country will close before the end of the pandemic, making it even more difficult for communities to recover economically. However, one...
by Paula Drew | Oct 22, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Workforce
Thank you Governor Evers and the Wisconsin State Legislature for the investment of federal CARES Act funding into Wisconsin’s child care programs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs around the state have said that this funding has been vital in helping them...
