Childcare

As Congress considers cuts to Medicaid, a new report showed one in three children living in rural areas of Wisconsin are insured by the health insurance program

The Manitowish Waters community is acting fast to create a new childcare option.In October, Camp Jorn Childcare Center announced it was permanently closing.

Housing, childcare, substance use, and mental health are top priorities for the Oneida County Health Department.It’s sharing its updated Community Health Improvement Plan this week.

The Northwoods Child Development Center, a daycare center based in Eagle River, just received a $10,000 grant.

In Merrill, the daycare at St. John’s Lutheran Church currently serves 24 kids, but their waitlist has over 40 children’s names on it.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has signed a Republican-authored bill that expands Wisconsin's child care tax credit. Evers signed the bill Monday after vetoing three other GOP-authored tax cut proposals on Friday.

In September of last year, federal covid funding for childcare ended.One progressive think tank projected roughly 70,000 childcare centers nationwide would close because of it. Between Michigan and Wisconsin, more than 144,000 kids would lose childcare.

Many businesses across the Northwoods still struggle to find and retain employees. The state unemployment rate has remained near record low for more than two years now. The Eagle River Revitalization Program is gathering more information as it works towards solutions.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Senate want to make sweeping changes to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' plans to keep a pandemic-era child care program running and address worker shortages.