How are Children doing in the Tri-County Area?
State of the Child Report- Winnebago County
Fox Cities Life Study http://www.foxcitieslifestudy.org/
ALICE Report https://www.unitedwayfoxcities.org/resources/alice/
State of the Babies 2021 -Wisconsin data
NE Region Wisconsin Early Care and Education Data 2021
The importance of early childhood education
- Research on the long-term academic, social, and economic benefits of high-quality early childhood education from Nobel-laureate James Heckman
- Research on the Return on Investment of early childhood education from the Federal Reserve Bank
- Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything by the OUNCE
State, regional, and local data
- State, regional, and county-specific data on early childhood education from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
- Searchable map of child care deserts from the Center for American Progress
- State and county fact sheets on Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) residents from the United Way of Wisconsin
State of the Babies 2021 -Wisconsin data
Early childhood education and COVID-19
- Resources on child care and back to school including an interactive map to find child care during COVID-19 from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
- Report on the impacts of COVID-19 on child care in Wisconsin from the Wisconsin Policy Forum
Early childhood education and the business community
- The business case for high-quality child care from the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Video on the workforce impacts of child care from the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Article on child care’s role in re-opening the Wisconsin economy from the Milwaukee Business Journal
- Parents’ Just-In-Time Work Schedules are Not Working For Babies– Zero to Three Report – January 2021
Funding early childhood education
- Video explaining why child care costs so much but providers make so little from Child Care Aware of America
- Profile of federal and state early childhood education funding in Wisconsin from the First Five Years Fund
- Making Hope a Reality Early Intervention Policy Strategies-