Business Child Care Advocates Business Child Care Advocates (BCCAs) conduct outreach to businesses for Project Growth, mainly about the Partner Up! program; connect businesses and regulated child care providers; and provide technical assistance to businesses and providers participating in Partner Up! Activities of BCCAs include, but are not limited to: Being the main point of contact for all Partner Up! grant awardees Checking in with Partner Up! grant awardees and their child care provider partners Acting as a resource to Dream Up! Communities and participating on Dream Up! core teams as invited Building relationships between businesses and local child care providers within their communities Holding orientations and other outreach events related to sustaining child care in communities Participating in applicable community workgroups around child care Recommending other opportunities, including future rounds of Dream Up! to interested community members Connecting businesses and child care providers to other early childhood resources and programs in Wisconsin Collaborating with other BCCAs on processes and best practices BCCAs can be found at your local CCR&R. Learn more about each BCCA below. Jared Hickey StatewideSFTAjared@supportingfamiliestogether.org Amelia Speight and Caroline Smith Counties Served: Columbia, Dodge, Dane, Lafayette, Walworth, Sauk, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock, and Grant, including Ho-Chunk NationCommunity Coordinated Child Care, Inc. (4-C)partnerup@4-c.org and caroline.smith@4-c.org Madalyn Olson Counties Served: La Crosse, Monroe, Juneau, Vernon, Richland, and CrawfordThe Parenting Placemadalynolson@theparentingplace.net Seth Abrahamson Counties Served: Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, and Trempealeau, including the Ho-Chunk NationChild Care Partnershipseth.abrahamson@wdeoc.org Robin H. Mainhardt Counties Served: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Oneida, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Vilas, and Washburn, including the tribal communities of Bad River, Forest County Potawatomi, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff, Sokaogon, and St. CroixNorthwest Connection Family Resourcesrobin.mainhardt@ncfrwi.net Lori Shafranski Counties Served: Adams, Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marquette, Portage, Taylor, Waushara, and WoodChildcaring, Inc.lori@childcaring.org Eric Balza Counties Served: Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, Waupaca, and Winnebago, including Oneida Nation and Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee tribesChild Care Resource & Referralericb@ccrrfoxvalley.org Sabrina Kranjac Counties Served: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, and Waukesha4C for Childrenskranjac@4cfc.org Patricia Woods-Clark Counties Served: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, and Waukesha 4C for Childrenpwoods-clark@4cfc.org
