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A Day Without Child Care: Wisconsin Doesn’t Have to Imagine | Un día sin cuidado infantil: Wisconsin no tiene que imaginar

by Maia Shipley | May 16, 2024 | Advocacy, Events, Workforce

A Day Without Child Care: Wisconsin Doesn’t Have to Imagine Challenges persist for providers, parents, and communities  What happens to a community when regulated early care and education is no longer available? Over the past decade, Wisconsin residents have started...

WECA thanks Governor Evers for commitment to early care and education in Executive Budget

by Ruth Schmidt | Mar 2, 2023 | Advocacy, Workforce

Wisconsin Early Childhood Association applauds Gov. Tony Evers’ support of early childhood educators and early care and education in his Executive Budget announced in February. The investment is historic for Wisconsin, which has never placed this overwhelming an...
Child Care: A Public Good Impacting Wisconsinites’ Lives and Livelihood

Child Care: A Public Good Impacting Wisconsinites’ Lives and Livelihood

by Ruth Schmidt | Sep 8, 2022 | Advocacy, Workforce

Wisconsin’s child care system is broken. Residents from all corners of the state experience the challenges of this ailing infrastructure, which was fragile before the pandemic and has worsened significantly since. In light of this reality, Wisconsin Early Childhood...
‘Silence is not an option’: The Continued Importance of Advocacy

‘Silence is not an option’: The Continued Importance of Advocacy

by | Apr 27, 2022 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Workforce

Advocacy has always been a part of who I am, even when I was too young to even know what the word “advocacy” meant. Earlier this year, I got to take my passion for early childhood advocacy to a big stage – the offices of Wisconsin’s elected officials – during the...
State’s investments in child care are essential, timely

State’s investments in child care are essential, timely

by Ruth Schmidt | Feb 16, 2022 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Press Release, Workforce

by Ruth Schmidt  High-quality, affordable and accessible child care is critical. Wisconsin parents know it, business and community leaders know it and child care professionals know it.  With the state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee recent unanimous approval of...
The State of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education Workforce

The State of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education Workforce

by Ruth Schmidt | Dec 1, 2021 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Workforce

WECA announces the release of its recommendations brief, “The State of Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education Workforce,” in response to key findings of the Series of Studies of the Wisconsin Early Education Workforce, published today by the Department of Children and...
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