Funding ends, doors close. What’s next for Wisconsin daycares?

Funding ends, doors close. 🧒🏼🎒 What’s next for Wisconsin daycares?Families face average tuition increases of $25 to $57 per week as a pandemic-era federal funding program for childcare providers—known as Child Care Counts in Wisconsin—ends, placing significant  strain on already-stretched household budgets. The state legislature extended funding to childcare providers after the federal aid  first ran out in 2023. It was extended once again as “bridge funding,” but  will stop at the end of this month after state Republicans failed to approve further state financing measures. ✏️/🎥: Salina Heller