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...
by Jennifer Hilgendorf | Jun 13, 2022 | Spotlight, WEESSN, Workforce
When Kelly Matthews first attended the National Shared Services Technical Conference in 2017, it was purely an information-gathering opportunity. In 2022, Kelly and seven other Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN) staff members attended to...
by Julie Giles | Mar 31, 2022 | Food Program, Spotlight
Our recipe for March was Choose your Own Smoothie (p. 67). My cute and savvy kitchen team whipped up Sunny Strawberry Kiwi Smoothies on a cold and rainy March morning. You’ll be shocked – or not! – that I chose to make some substitutions: Instead of low-fat vanilla...
by Jennifer Hilgendorf | Dec 13, 2021 | Food Program, Policy, Spotlight, WEESSN
Good Food for All. That was the goal – and it was achieved. This recent 12-week pilot program assisted families in the Madison and Milwaukee areas with receiving a weekly stock of fresh produce. The initiative was truly a special tribute to the power of innovative...
by Dr. Toshiba Adams | Feb 18, 2021 | Best Practices, Spotlight, Training
As we approached Black History Month, I took a moment to reflect on my early schooling experiences. As a Black child who attended predominantly White k-12 schools, I am unable to recall any school-wide celebrations of Black history. What I do recall is being taught...
