by jhilgendorf | Jan 8, 2021 | Advocacy, Best Practices, COVID, Workforce
By Chanel Clark, WEESSN-Dane County Lead Coach 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. In December...
by jhilgendorf | 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 jhilgendorf | 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...
by jhilgendorf | Aug 24, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Workforce
by Paula Drew, Co-Director Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network This is the sixth and final post in the series Uncovering Stories from the Early Care and Education Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A series which explores the challenges of our essential...
by jhilgendorf | Aug 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Spotlight, Workforce
by Paula Drew, WEESSN Co-Director I often struggle with how to present the injustices within the early care and education (ECE) sector without making early educators sound like victims because they are anything but. However, inadequate financing of child...
by jhilgendorf | Jul 22, 2020 | Advocacy, Best Practices, Policy, Spotlight, Workforce
by Paula Drew, Co-Director, Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network This post is the fourth in the series, Uncovering Stories from the Early Care and Education Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic, based on in-depth interviews of child care providers across...
