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WECA is a statewide, nonprofit organization that advances positive change for children by focusing on the professionals
who provide child care for well over 74% of Wisconsin’s youngest children. WECA exists to support the well-being of the early education workforce by investing in programs and policies that improve teacher retention, enhance the education level of ECE professionals and increase wages for the ECE workforce. Additionally, WECA administers the Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network (WEESSN), a program that is helping to stabilize the system of care by leveraging shared staffing, resources, and expertise among a connected group of child care programs across the state.
Our Impact
Through key programs, research and advocacy, WECA’s work impacts the lives of the more than 25,000 ECE professionals across the state. WECA also works alongside business and community leaders and parents to create a more sustainable model for ECE and child care programs across Wisconsin. A member-based non-profit organization, WECA currently has more than 1,200 members.
Programs/Services
Food Program: Founded in 1968, the Food Program provides licensed or certified family child care providers some money back for nutritious food purchases, as well as information on healthy food, meal planning and age-appropriate foods for children.
REWARD Wisconsin Stipend Program: Founded in 2001, REWARD provides child care professionals salary supplements for educational attainment and longevity in the field to increase compensation, reduce turnover and encourage continued education.
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® WISCONSIN: Founded in 1999, T.E.A.C.H. provides higher education scholarships to professionals who work in regulated early childhood and school-age care settings to make education more affordable, improve compensation and retain ECE teachers.
Wisconsin Early Education Shared Services Network: Founded in 2019, WEESSN brings together center-based and family child care programs to pool resources and leverage economies of scale to save programs time and money.
Raising Wisconsin: Established in 2019 as the Wisconsin Infant Toddler Policy Project, Raising Wisconsin is the WECA-led statewide advocacy coalition dedicated to improving early care and education for teachers and providers, parents, businesses and communities. www.raisingwisconsin.org.
Please visit wisconsinearlychildhood.org for more information about WECA.
Supporting Wisconsin’s children, parents, and child care providers
Supporting Families Together Association envisions a future where all Wisconsin children have access to the highest quality child care. We are Wisconsin’s membership association for Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (CCR&Rs) and Family Resource Centers (FRCs). We provide services, programming, and supports to our member agencies in order to positively impact children, parents, child care providers, and the world of early childhood care and education throughout Wisconsin.
Please visit supportingfamiliestogether.org for more information.
Businesses
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Non-Profits
The Office of Child Care and Family Resources offers support for student parents enrolled at UW-Madison. Our services include financial assistance for child care, webinars and consultations by top parenting consultants, electronic newsletters and a mailing list to keep parents informed on relevant topics. Although financial assistance is only available to student parents, UW faculty and staff have access to many of these resources, as well.
Programs/Services
Please visit www.occfr.wisc.edu for more information..
Non-Profits
Milwaukee Succeeds brings together cross-sector community leaders and partners around two goals: increasing access to quality, affordable early care and education for Black and Brown families and increasing high school success for Black male youth.
Programs/Services
Milwaukee Succeeds leads the MKE Early Care and Education (ECE) Coalition, a partnership of child care providers, organizations that support early educators and families, mental health experts, and representatives from philanthropy, government, and non-profits. The Coalition advocates, raises funds, provides direct support, and shares information about Milwaukee’s ECE sector. We welcome stakeholders to reach out and learn how to become involved with the Coalition.
Please visit www.milwaukeesucceeds.org for more information..
Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health
Attention: The Power of Connection
6213 Middleton Springs Dr. Suite 204
Middleton, WI 53562
The Power of Connection: Discover the Magic was made possible by the Preschool Development Grant. It was made in collaboration with Soul Shine Creative Studio. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families or the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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info@wiaimh.org
(608) 563-9714
The Power of Connection: Discover the Magic was made possible by the Preschool Development Grant. It was made in collaboration with Soul Shine Creative Studio. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families or the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.