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Wisconsin is Cutting State Funding for Child Care. Providers are Taking a Stand

Child care providers have long advocated for an equitable system and more support. In Wisconsin, they’re taking action.

On Monday, child care providers across the country participated in the fourth annual Day Without Child Care, closing their doors and gathering to demand a better child care system with more public dollars. In Wisconsin, some providers may remain closed for quite a while longer, according to Corrine Hendrickson, owner of a family child care program in Wisconsin, and one of the organizers of a prolonged protest — dubbed “State Without Child Care” — which...

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Wisconsin is Cutting State Funding for Child Care. Providers are Taking a Stand

Child care providers have long advocated for an equitable system and more support. In Wisconsin, they’re taking action.

On Monday, child care providers across the country participated in the fourth annual Day Without Child Care, closing their doors and gathering to demand a better child care system with more public dollars. In Wisconsin, some providers may remain closed for quite a while longer, according to Corrine Hendrickson, owner...

RAPID Celebrates Five Years of Surveys

What makes RAPID surveys unique is the priority of disseminating results quickly in a format that is accessible and usable.

When the RAPID Survey Project began in April 2020, everyone involved thought it would be a short-lived, ad hoc undertaking collecting information from families around...

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