by mgiles | Feb 20, 2024 | Provider Spotlight, Spotlight
Supporting Educational and Career Journeys When Ebony graduated from high school, her next step was cosmetology school. It wasn’t until her best friend, the owner of a child care program, asked her to assist at the facility that she realized caring for and educating...
by mgiles | Jan 22, 2024 | Spotlight, Uncategorized
A Key Research Partner and Advocate For at least two decades, professor and researcher Laura Dresser has worked together with WECA to advance studies and public policy that elevate the importance of increased compensation for the early childhood workforce. “WECA is...
by mgiles | Jan 19, 2024 | Events, Spotlight, WEESSN
Reflections on Five Years: The Shared Services Journey to Transform Child Care (Para español desplácese hacia abajo) It all started as community conversations in rural Vernon County with a core question in mind: “How can we come together to stabilize the supply of...
by mgiles | Dec 12, 2023 | Spotlight
WECA: Valuable Support in the Midst of Upheaval When one of the longest running child care centers in Wisconsin experienced an unexpected tragedy nearly two years ago, WECA was there to help. “I would have been lost without the support. I’m not sure what would have...
by mgiles | Nov 17, 2023 | Spotlight
WECA: A Cross-Sector Collaborator When Rachel Peller thinks of WECA, “dot connector” comes to mind. Director of Wisconsin Partners, Rachel has worked alongside WECA for many years and been witness to its work as both a connector of organizations of all kinds and on...
by mgiles | Oct 3, 2023 | Spotlight
WECA and WEESSN’s Role in Jackson County’s Child Care Journey Nearly six years ago, Jackson County began an effort to address the area’s lack of affordable child care and the $2.5 million in workforce productivity losses that come as a result of the child care...