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Published Reports

2024 Help Me Grow Annual Report

The 2024 Help Me Grow Annual Report showcases another year of remarkable progress. With a growing number of families served and improved outcomes, this report highlights the program’s successes, including expanding developmental screenings, increasing referrals, and leveraging innovative partnerships. his year’s report highlights information from Help Me Grow – Wisconsin, explores the efforts of Help Me Grow – Fox Valley,

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January 23, 2025

How are Children Doing in the Tri-County Area?

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

Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Transforming Communities Impact Report 2023
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
Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Board Data Resources
State of the Babies 2021 -Wisconsin data

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