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Wisconsin Child Care Crisis Deepens | Green Bay News
Wisconsin’s pandemic-era Child Care Counts program has ended, leaving thousands of child care providers scrambling to stay open. With one in four centers at risk of closing or cutting services, providers are forced to raise rates or merge locations just to survive. Staff retention is now a major crisis, as centers lose trained workers to higher-paying jobs—threatening class sizes and quality. Lawmakers are divided, with Democrats blaming GOP leadership for cutting funding and stressing child care’s economic importance, while others highlight bipartisan efforts to reform the system. Providers…
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