State Budget Must Fund Wisconsin's Child Care Centers

In Focus: Child care providers face uncertainty with funding in balance

Corrine Hendrickson owns and operates a child care center out of her home in New Glarus.

Legislature loosens child care staffing requirements, looks for other cost reductions without new funding

By Liz Bell EdNC State lawmakers passed legislation this week to change child care regulations with a stated goal of expanding child care access by reducing costs for providers. The bill heads to the governor for his signature. “Most of these provisions allow for flexibilities and reforms that are aimed at either staffing or property, because these are the two biggest cost drivers in the child care business and the primary barriers to expanding …

State budget must fund Wisconsin's child care centers

Over the past eight years, our child care costs have continued to rise. What are working parents supposed to do to provide for their family if the costs are prohibitive? If you do find child care that is less expensive,…

State funding critical for La Crosse childcare providers, families

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is advocating for increased funding for childcare in the state's next biennial budget. The issue is critical for families struggling to find affordable childcare, and care centers struggle to maintain quality workers.

Gov. Evers seeks more state money for child care, after roundtable talk with La Crosse residents

WIZMnews.com Supporters of child care programs in Wisconsin met with Governor Tony Evers in La Crosse on Wednesday, seeking more funding from the state. During a roundtable session with child care workers and other citizens at the Collective on Main, Evers heard appeals to make up for shortages in available funds that could help parents afford to have young kids in care centers during the workday. The roundtable group also included La Crosse Ma…

Gov. Evers' draws a line in the sand on the Wisconsin budget

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will not sign a Wisconsin budget bill if Republicans in the Legislature don’t include funding for a program that addresses the state’s shortage of affordable childcare. During the pandemic, Evers steered some federal relief money into a program called Child Care Counts, which kept providers’ doors open for essential workers. With federal money expiring but the program a proven success, Evers wants to keep it goi…