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‘We Need This’: Child Care Counts Survey Reveals the Impact of Federal Funding
In order to assess what impact the federal Child Care Counts funding has had, Milwaukee’s ECE Coalition created a digital survey that went out to all providers in the city. The new data, which was published in a report titled “Making Every Dollar Count,” highlights the ongoing impacts of the funding, while underscoring the need for continued investment into the industry.
Celebrating Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
May 1 marks the start of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. In celebration of this important week, Milwaukee Succeeds brought together experts from across industries to discuss the connection between high-quality ECE and children’s mental well-being and development.
The 3 Ways Youth Forward MKE Aims to Be Different
Nearly 60 individuals from across Milwaukee joined together on March 23 to celebrate the new Youth Forward MKE Coalition and learn what it truly means to create space for, build relationships with and shift power to the city’s youth.
Milwaukee’s Leaders Celebrate Early Childhood Education
Why is early childhood education (ECE) so important for Milwaukee? That was the question Milwaukee Succeeds posed to community and business leaders across the city in April in honor of NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child.
Partner Highlight: The Leading Men Fellowship
On January 8, one of Milwaukee Succeeds’ key ECE partners – The Literacy Lab’s Leading Men Fellowship – received a $1 million Equitable Recovery Grant, which will be used to further strengthen the pipeline of young men of color into the ECE workforce.
A Snapshot of ECE Teachers in Milwaukee
Who are Milwaukee’s early care and education teachers? What motivates them, and why are they choosing to leave? Thanks to new Milwaukee-specific data, we’ve finally been able to assemble concrete answers to these pressing questions and gain new insight into the ECE workforce.