Research & Data

The WECA Center for Policy, Research and Engagement provides a home for policy briefs, research analysis, and other early childhood-focused data and information. Visit this page for Center documents in addition to state and national resources.

Policy Briefs and Research

Policy Response Brief: A Wake-up Call to Employers and Parents: Child Care is About to be More Expensive and Impossible to Find

Policy Brief: Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education Landscape

WECA 2023 Child Care Counts Survey Results

WECA Statement: Supply and Demand Survey

Study: Advancing Equity in Wisconsin’s Early Education Workforce

WECA Recommendations Brief 2021

Data Snapshots and Tools

Policy Snapshot: Support for Child Care Investment Strong Including Amongst Wisconsinites without Children

Policy Snapshot: Underfunding at the Most Critical Time: The Impact of Wisconsin’s Lack of Investment into Early Care and Education

Policy Snapshot: How Wisconsin’s Child Care Subsidy Program Stacks Up

Policy Snapshot: Change in Programs and Child Care Counts Impact

Policy Snapshot: Wisconsin Shares Overview

Policy Snapshot: Supporting the ECE Workforce

Regional Decline in Care Snapshots

Regional Child Care Affordability Snapshots

WI Regulated Child Care Provider Data (DCF)

WI Child Care Affordability Calculator Tool

Partners and Other Resources

Raising Wisconsin

Milwaukee Succeeds

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

National Association for the Education of Young Children

    Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

    High Road Strategy Center

    Institute for Research on Poverty

    Wisconsin Policy Forum