Child Care Virtual Town Hall Tuesday, Dec. 8

The next Child Care Town Hall from United Way of Door County will be held Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 6 pm.

The sixth in its schedule of town halls discussing child care needs features a session on brain development in children age 1 year to 5 years with videos from Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development.

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Previous panels are available to watch on YouTube at the following links:

Oct. 13: Steve Jenkins, Executive Director of Door County Economic Development Corporation on the importance of broad community engagement and investment in our community’s child care system.

Oct. 27: Karle Martens, Elementary School Counselor, Sturgeon Bay Schools

Nov. 10 : Alexis Fuller, Bridgett Starr and Lorie Torbeck from the Door Community Child Development Center

Nov. 24: The panel includes Myles Dannhausen Jr., Alexis Heim Peter, Anne Henning, Jessica Hatch, and Lauren Daoust discuss experiences with child care access, affordability, quality, and interactions with providers.

Dec. 8: Local human resources professionals discuss how child care needs impact employees.