RESOURCES

Business-Child Care Partnership Tool Kit

This tool kit contains information and considerations for businesses and child care providers looking to partner within their communities. It is a resource for businesses interested in building child care capacity within their communities in an effort to create a stronger local workforce. Child care programs can also use this tool kit and it will showcase how they can benefit from partnering with businesses and ways to do so.

Module 1: High-Quality Child Care – Why It Matters and How We Achieve It
Module 2: Building Successful Business-Child Care Partnerships
Module 3: Best Business Practices for Child Care
Module 4: Moving Forward – Rules and Regulations for Opening or Expanding a Child Care Site
Module 5: Sustaining Child Care in My Community
Module 6: Why Should Businesses Partner with Child Care?

Use this tool kit as you work to expand child care in your community. It was created through a collaboration between the Department of Children and Families (DCF), the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA), and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) through Project Growth.

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