
No. 86October 2, 2026
Child care affordability and supply
Rodriguez's plan guarantees that families pay no more than 7% of their income for care; prekindergarten enrollment rates are negatively associated with licensed family child-care supply.
2 developments · 2 cited sources

The question
Can Wisconsin make child care affordable without narrowing families’ choices?
The read
Together, these sources describe a universal child care guarantee and a finding that prekindergarten enrollment rates are negatively associated with licensed family child-care supply.
What happens next
Will Sara Rodriguez work with the legislature to establish reliable, long-term funding for child care?
Developments in this issue
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