We talk to Brooke Skidmore, founder and co-owner of The Growing Tree and cofounder of Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed (WECAN), about the looming childcare crisis Wisconsin will be in if there isn’t funding in the next state budget to support child care.
Then we look at the new Axios Harris Poll at reputation ratings for 100 top brands and ask, what brands do you trust?
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As families and childcare providers wait to see whether the state budget will include money to support Wisconsin’s struggling childcare network, teachers, advocates, and lawmakers gathered earlier this month to highlight the critical role childcare plays for workers and employers scrambling to fill job openings for “A Day Without Child Care”
We talk to Brooke Skidmore, founder and co-owner of The Growing Tree and cofounder of Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed (WECAN), an advocacy group of providers, parents, and other supporters of stronger support for the field.
We discuss the importance of the state budget funding the Child Care Counts program. Otherwise, tuition will go up and childcare centers will close, exacerbating an already critical problem not just for parents but for our state’s economy.
The 2023 Axios Harris Poll 100 reputation rankings gauge the reputation of the most visible brands in America, based on 20 years of Harris Poll research. We discuss which companies rose and fell over the last year but also discuss what brands you trust and why.
