Wisconsin colleges reeling from surprise cut to federal childcare funding
SABINE MARTIN
Madison Area Technical College announced in November it would be building a child care center adjacent to its Goodman South campus on Madison's South Side.
Nearly every day, Devvin Thomas Sr. drops off his 3-year-old son at Madison Area Technical College’s on-campus childcare center and shifts focus to studying for his entrepreneurial business degree.
Devvin Thomas, 42, arrives at Madison Area Technical College’s Early Learning Campus to drop off his 3-year-old son, Asir, for childcare in Madison. The U.S. Dept. of Education didn’t renew a grant MATC has held for the last eight years that covered nearly all daycare costs for student parents.
After dropping off his 3-year-old son, Asir, at his childcare classroom, MATC student Devvin Thomas studies in a student-parent lounge area at the college’s childcare in Madison.
Jasmine Kutschenreuter, a teacher in the 2-year-old classroom, reads to children as they wait for their lunch at Madison College’s Early Learning Campus. This fall, 50 student-parent families enrolled in childcare services.
Madison Area Technical College President Dr. Jennifer Berne talks about a cut to a federal grant that helps some student parents with childcare costs, at the college in Madison. Berne said the college is searching for alternative funding.
Donna Jost, campus childcare administrator, shows a storage closet filled with diapers and other supplies at Madison Area Technical College’s Early Learning Campus in Madison, a program the federal grant helped launch.
Devvin Thomas, 42, drops off his 3-year-old son, Asir, at his childcare classroom at Madison Area Technical College’s Early Learning Campus in Madison.
Devvin Thomas, 42, drops off his 3-year-old son, Asir, at his childcare classroom at Madison Area Technical College’s Early Learning Campus in Madison.
After dropping off his 3-year-old son, Asir, at his childcare classroom, MATC student Devvin Thomas studies in a student-parent lounge area at the college’s childcare in Madison.
Devvin Thomas, 42, arrives at Madison Area Technical College’s Early Learning Campus to drop off his 3-year-old son, Asir, for childcare in Madison. The U.S. Dept. of Education didn’t renew a grant MATC has held for the last eight years that covered nearly all daycare costs for student parents.
Madison Area Technical College President Dr. Jennifer Berne talks about a cut to a federal grant that helps some student parents with childcare costs, at the college in Madison. Berne said the college is searching for alternative funding.
Donna Jost, campus childcare administrator, shows a storage closet filled with diapers and other supplies at Madison Area Technical College’s Early Learning Campus in Madison, a program the federal grant helped launch.
Jasmine Kutschenreuter, a teacher in the 2-year-old classroom, reads to children as they wait for their lunch at Madison College’s Early Learning Campus. This fall, 50 student-parent families enrolled in childcare services.
