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Dodge County officials hear UW Extension presentation on child care shortage as stabilization funding nears end
Summary
UW Extension educator Patty Carroll told the Dodge County Executive Committee that child care stabilization funding is scheduled to end in June and that local providers face closures and workforce shortages; a local operator described long wait lists, low pay, and looming center closures.
Patty Carroll, Human Development and Relationships Educator for UW Extension in Dodge County, told the Dodge County Executive Committee that child care stabilization funding scheduled to end in June has created renewed urgency for local planning and support for early childhood care.
Carroll said the county’s strategic plan names child care as a priority and cited a March 2025 study from the Institute for Research on Poverty that examined what would happen if stabilization funding ended. “Child care matters,” Carroll told the committee, and she urged supervisors to consider county actions that could support providers, employees and families.
Carroll outlined three arguments for county involvement: boosting workforce participation and local economic productivity, supporting healthy child…
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