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Good Food, Good Partnerships: Multi-sector collaboration addresses food insecurity

Good Food, Good Partnerships: Multi-sector collaboration addresses food insecurity

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...
State Licensing and Technology Hurdles and Success within WEESSN

State Licensing and Technology Hurdles and Success within WEESSN

by Jennifer Hilgendorf | Sep 28, 2021 | WEESSN

The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN) is a fast-growing alliance of over 135 early care and education programs (center-based and family child care homes) across Southern Wisconsin. This network launched with two rural ECE programs in January...
WEESSN Set to Expand Services Across Wisconsin

WEESSN Set to Expand Services Across Wisconsin

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,...
WEESSN + Parenting Place + Local Farmers = new Farm to ECE purchasing pilot for child care providers

WEESSN + Parenting Place + Local Farmers = new Farm to ECE purchasing pilot for child care providers

by Jennifer Hilgendorf | Mar 11, 2021 | Best Practices, Food Program, WEESSN

by JoAnn Hayden, Food Program Area Coordinator, WEESSN Program Coach, and Amanda Bee, Farm to Early Care and Education Coordinator, The Parenting Place. It has been a long-standing dream for Farm to Early Care and Education to explore ways for child care providers to...
Bucking the Child Care Closure Trend: WEESSN Expansion Helps Wisconsin Child Care Programs

Bucking the Child Care Closure Trend: WEESSN Expansion Helps Wisconsin Child Care Programs

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...

Local Group’s Efforts Selected for Wisconsin Top Rural Development Initiative Honors

by Paula Drew | Sep 10, 2020 | Press Release, WEESSN

The Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN), launched in Vernon and Monroe Counties, has been selected to receive the 2020 Wisconsin Top Rural Development Initiative award, one of two awards presented in 2020 by the Wisconsin Rural Partners, Inc....
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