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GOP Proposal Would Give Businesses Tax Credits For Paying For Child Care

GOP Proposal Would Give Businesses Tax Credits For Paying For Child Care

Proposal would encourage businesses to create their own daycares or pay for outside providers.

Evers Shifts $170 Million, Extends Child Care Support

Evers Shifts $170 Million, Extends Child Care Support

Using federal reimbursement for FEMA expenses to extend child care funding into 2025.

Child Care Providers ‘Reeling,’ Need Funding

Child Care Providers ‘Reeling,’ Need Funding

Legislature has ignored Gov. Evers' proposals to replace lost pandemic funding.

Child Care Providers Try Again For State Funding

Child Care Providers Try Again For State Funding

Republican legislators so far opposed, but may consider tax credits.

Milwaukee Child Care Issues Force Parents To Stop Working

Milwaukee Child Care Issues Force Parents To Stop Working

City's South Side is a "child care desert." McDonald's can pay better than centers.

Child Care Providers, Parents Call for More Funding

Child Care Providers, Parents Call for More Funding

Advocate says system ‘will collapse’ without state aid when pandemic relief ends.

State’s Child Care Providers Face Tough Choices

State’s Child Care Providers Face Tough Choices

Struggling with worker shortages, low wages, long waitlists as federal pandemic funds end.

Families Struggle to Find Early Child Care

Families Struggle to Find Early Child Care

Families 'drowning' as early child care programs in state face staffing shortages.

Child Care Providers Struggle to Stay Safe

Child Care Providers Struggle to Stay Safe

Low pay, high turnover, and now a pandemic that threatens to put them out of business.

State Rewards Top Child Care Centers

State Rewards Top Child Care Centers

Department Of Children And Families now gives higher payments to higher rated providers.

State Has Shortage of Child Care Workers

State Has Shortage of Child Care Workers

Report finds 3 in 10 leave their jobs each year due to low pay, poor benefits.