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For Individuals

• Seek education and training to ‘Own and Hone’ workforce skills to remain competitive in the labor market and to increase pay levels associated with skill and knowledge enhancement.

• Promote and support childhood literacy in our community.

• Contact your legislator and advocate for growth, support, increased pay and benefits for professional childcare services in greater Marathon County.

• Encourage employers to adopt family-friendly practices.

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For Organizations

• Organizations should strive to pay a living wage that allows employee to participate more fully in the local economy.

• Business and Industry should continue to partner with K-16 institutions to enhance career pathway pipelines focused on innovation and technology to support the economic growth of our driving industry sectors.

• Continue to build organizational capacity and connectedness to support strategic workforce development throughout the central Wisconsin region.

• Consider providing onsite child-care.

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For the Community

• Be a collective force to shape change to realize enhanced child-care services and expand affordable child-care facilities. See childcare providers as critical professionals, not babysitters.

• Continue funding for programs providing professional agency training for childhood trauma, mental health treatment and building family resiliency to reduce adverse impact of early year’s experiences like abuse, neglect, family violence, serious accidents, illness, and medical procedures.

• Develop and support a community strategy that will bring together diverse stakeholders to address the obstacles to workforce participation.

• Establish funding resources that align to strategic priorities to uplift at-risk youth and underserved populations.

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Regional Economic Drivers

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Regional Labor Shed

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Workforce Development & Projections

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Labor Force

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Wage & Income

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Living in Poverty

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Child Care Quality & Availability

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Child Care Affordability & Wages

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School District Enrollment

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Education Proficiency

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Education Attainment

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Energy Conservation & Generation

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