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The Wisconsin Partnership: Turning Policy Wins into Real Impact
The Wisconsin Partnership is working to ensure every child in in the state has the resources and support they need to succeed. By uniting communities, sharing expertise and coordinating efforts, the coalition is focused on building a sustainable and equitable education system.
2025 Bright Spots
Our 2025 Bright Spots highlight the year’s biggest wins in early education and youth empowerment. From a citywide celebration of ECE to a slew of new youth-led initiatives, our brightest stories of the year showcase our collaboration, innovation and dedication to Milwaukee’s children and families.
ECE Outreach: A Q&A with Arati Hernandez
Ambassador Arati Hernandez shares insights from her work connecting with early childhood education providers in Milwaukee’s ThriveOn neighborhood, building trust, strengthening networks and supporting children, families and educators.
ECE Outreach: A Q&A with Jackie Burrell
Ambassador Jackie Burrell reflects on her outreach with Milwaukee’s ECE providers, uncovering the challenges they face, fostering connections, and creating a stronger network to improve care for children and families.
Cultivating Strength Conference Empowers Early Educators
On September 20, Milwaukee Succeeds took a bold new step in supporting early educators with our first-ever Cultivating Strength in Early Childhood Education conference. Presented alongside Daniel Educational Services, this fully bilingual event combined learning and wellness activities to create an experience that truly nurtured educators’ bodies, minds and spirits.
How Community Advocacy Helped Secure a Historic Child Care Investment
Gov. Tony Evers has officially signed Wisconsin’s 2025-27 biennial budget, and for the first time in years, child care has taken center stage. With over $330 million in new funding to support Wisconsin’s early childhood education sector, this budget reflects a historic and hard-fought investment in young children, working families and child care providers.