Greater Fox Valley Child Care Alliance

The Northeast Wisconsin Child Care Alliance is a network of partners working to make it easier for children ages birth to 5 and their families to get the high-quality, affordable early care and education (ECE) and family supports they need to thrive. Our newsletters aim to educate and inform our communities about…

This month we highlight Alliance partner advocacy efforts to support state investment in child care featuring “Day of Action” organized by WECA, Raising WI and Head Start, an Alliance hosted roundtable with DCF Secretary Pertl at U. S. Venture and the State of WI Joint Finance Committee state budget session…

In this newsletter you will find: local news on the recent award of federal funds to support culturally responsive family child care, reflections on recent child care convenings, Build It Strong! book release, and articles about national efforts to approve sustainable funding for kids. The Northeast Wisconsin Child Care Alliance is a…

In this newsletter you will find: Envision Greater Green Bay article featuring Alliance partners; BNGP multi-year systems change grant awards; NPR Newscast story featuring Sachin Shivaram, CEO of WI Aluminum; DCF report on Child Care Supply and Demand Challenges in WI; Child Tax Credit policy; and WECA Parent Champion Forums….

In this newsletter you will find: NEW Manufacturing Insights podcast Child Care is a Market Failure; Insight on Business, “Laying the Groundwork”; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago article on female labor force participation; and FrameWorks, “A New Framing Strategy to Shift Thinking About Kids and Families”. The Greater Fox Valley…

In this newsletter you will find: Encompass Child Care wins award; Women’s Foundation, Reimagining Child Care; A Day Without Child Care-Parent Voice; Young Star Listening Sessions; “A 2Gen Approach in WI, Ascend brief and case study; and How Five States Are Stepping Up to Alleviate the Child Care Crisis. The…

In this newsletter you will find: City of Green Bay ARPA grants; Gov. Evers signs WI Child Care tax credit legislation; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Child Care Access and Affordability; WECA (PAL) program expands to rural NE WI; Elliot Haspel report “Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits”…

In this newsletter you will find: Exchange Magazine, Encompass “Becoming the Employer of Choice”; Bay Area WDB and WECA partner for child care in NE WI; Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap for WI; Children’s Funding Project analysis of Covid Relief spending for children and youth; Raising WI legislative updates. The Greater…

In this newsletter you will find: Outagamie County ARPA grants; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel News Lab series on child care; WHBY “Focus Fox Valley” child care crisis; Wall Street Journal highlights WI provider insight; The Role of Funders in Strategic Public Financing; Rapid Survey, Who is Providing for Providers. The Greater Fox…

In this newsletter you will find: CCR&R and Calumet County “Dream Up Grant”; First 5 Fox Valley expands Help Me Grow in NE WI; First 5 Fox Valley secures Child Abuse and Prevention Board grant; Community Foundation of the Fox Valley podcast on child care crisis; Family Resource Center seeks…