–submitted by Jessika Kasten
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Executive Director Ruth Schmidt spoke to the Club about the current state of childcare in Wisconsin. She made the case that to have a strong workforce, we need to have a strong childcare system that is affordable to families, accessible and fairly compensates its workforce. Today, childcare workers with an advanced degree make an average of $12/hour with no benefits – and parents spend an average of 30% of their income in childcare costs. Ruth asked members to keep talking about the broken system and encourage Wisconsin to join other states in underwriting this critical component of workforce development.
If you missed our meeting this week, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/n2JQUMsyj4E.
Rotary Club of Madison, Wisconsin 