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Tony Evers: “Getting providers up to full capacity would mean serving…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Gov. Tony Evers delivers 2025 State of the State address

Published | Video Starts at 38:35

With nearly 60% of providers having unutilized capacity, often because they needed more workers. Child care providers are stuck increasing costs while about keeping classrooms closed and serving fewer kids as wait lists grow, Getting providers up to full capacity would mean serving another 33,000 kids. Wisconsin's child care crisis affects not only our kids, families and childcare providers, but our state, employers, workforce and economy too. I've repeatedly proposed plans to lower the cost of child care rejected. (38:35–38:43)

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