“Quality child care matters” is the theme in the new report and summaries from the Committee for Economic Development (CED). Besides the overall economic analysis, the report includes Wisconsin-specific key findings and talking points.  A few samples: The report, Child Care in State Economies, examines the child care industry’s effect...

Child Trends has released a blog on paid family leave, finding that family leave laws in the United States lag behind those in other countries. It is embarrassing that the United States and Papua New Guinea are the only two countries in the world to not provide any income coverage during maternity, according to the report. Wisconsin has...

Here are a few key highlights from the federal budget that passed in late December: Preschool Development Grants were restored to $250 million (this is third year funding for the 18 states that previously won preschool development or expansion grants). Head Start was funded at $9.168 billion, an increase of $570 million from the...

I thought our readers would be interested in a new policy brief on continuity of care. The policy brief, The Importance of Continuity of Care: Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Systems and Programs, includes a section on research detailing the importance of continuity of care and an analysis of state policies and programming...

WCCF has been analyzing the significant decline of children enrolled in the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program. This blog looks at two significant trends: Statewide drop in children served: An extraordinary drop overall drop of 13,566 children, a 23% drop from 2009-2014. The smaller the county the greater the drop in children...