Your concerns about child care in Door County are getting addressed thanks to a state grant awarded in Sturgeon Bay on Thursday. Governor Tony Evers and Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek announced the United Way of Door County was getting a $3.5 million grant to help make improvements to the Northern Door Children's Center in Sister Bay and the Door County Child Development Center in Sturgeon Bay. The grant would also help address affordable housing options in Door County to attract and retain child care workers. With workforce challenges prevalent across the state, Evers says the efforts these grants could spur could be duplicated in other communities.
 

The grant was a part of nearly $60 million awarded to 12 agencies across the state to address workforce challenges. Of the 12 grants awarded, one to the Green County Family YMCA was the only other to address childcare needs.