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A Day Without Child Care: A Spotlight on Transformational Change

A Day Without Child Care: A Spotlight on Transformational Change

by Ruth Schmidt | May 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Workforce

Child care providers, parents and families across the country are marking, “A Day Without Child Care” on Monday, May 9, 2022. This day of action, sponsored by the national organization Community Change Action, aims to highlight the need for dignified, worthy wages for...
National Provider Appreciation Day is May 6th: One Provider’s Appreciation

National Provider Appreciation Day is May 6th: One Provider’s Appreciation

by Julie Giles | Apr 29, 2022 | Food Program, Spotlight, Workforce

Provider Appreciation is usually a time for the community and families to pause and show appreciation for the child care providers who, through our work, keep others working. This year, I wanted to pause and reflect on my own appreciation of family child care and what...
‘Silence is not an option’: The Continued Importance of Advocacy

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

by Kayla Gardner | 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...
Impact and Gratitude: Reflections on the Food Program During CACFP Week

Impact and Gratitude: Reflections on the Food Program During CACFP Week

by Julie Giles | Mar 16, 2022 | Food Program, Uncategorized, Workforce

by Julie Giles, Food Program Specialist At least twice during my time as a family child care provider, we were unsure if the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) would continue. That’s when Wisconsin Early Childhood Association’s Food Program staff sprang...
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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