The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a multiyear, $26 million grant to add new Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) and increase support of existing WBCs across the country on Thursday. The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. (WWBIC) has been named as one of the grant recipients and will receive funding to support child care enterprises across the state of Wisconsin.
WWBIC will be collaborating with state officials, child care collaboratives, child care advocacy groups, and child care licensing and permitting agencies across Wisconsin. Organizations looking to partner with WWBIC are encouraged to contact Kathryn Dunn, WWBIC’s vice president of programs and operations.
WWBIC provides business training and access to capital for small business owners with a focus on women, people of color, and low- to moderate-income individuals. Funds from this grant provided through the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership will allow WWBIC to expand and provide further specialization of its services to assist those interested in starting or expanding certified family and licensed child care businesses, while providing affordable child care to parents.
WWBIC’s six regional offices are all SBA-sponsored Women’s Business Centers, located in Madison, Appleton, Hayward, La Crosse, Racine/Kenosha, and Milwaukee. Child care entrepreneurs interested in WWBIC’s services may contact the office in their area.
