child care

Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed a bill allowing the expansion at a ceremony in Waukesha on Monday.

Wisconsin’s funding for child care will continue this year, but the industry is still struggling with staffing and impending closures.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has found $170 million in federal aid to keep a pandemic-era child care subsidy program afloat for another year and a half. Evers' administration announced Monday that it will use pandemic response dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to keep the Child Care Counts program going through June 2025.

To meet the needs of remote workers, a new child care model has opened in Milwaukee: It combines coworking space with an on-site daycare.

Gov. Tony Evers (D) calls special legislative session, but initial GOP response is tepid.

Through educators, therapists and service coordinators, Birth to 3 assists families with young children in their developmental stages.

Milwaukee actor and artist N’Jameh Russell-Camara teamed up with local doula Hanna Barton to create the Pandemic Pregnancy Project. Out of that came their series: Pandemic Pregnancies and Popsicles!, stories of pregnancy during a time of unique challenges.

Doulas are non-medical professionals who are trained to assist pregnant people through childbirth. Kay’La Mumford is the executive director of Birth & Embrace Communities Inc. She founded the non-profit in order to address the inequalities in birthing in Milwaukee.

Young people are not often thought of as caretakers, but in the U.S. there are believed to be over three million kids and teens serving a family member.

As the pandemic drags on and unemployment remains high, people continue to struggle. That struggle can mean difficult choices on how to spend money — pay…