Embracing the future of child care

Holden Gavrilescu, left, gives Gov. Tony Evers a hug Wednesday, Aug. 20, during Evers’ visit to the YMCA Youth Development Center in Rhinelander. Evers and Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Pertl met with teachers, administrators and students to discuss the center’s implementation of more than $700,000 in Child Care Counts grants awarded between March 2020 and June 2025 and its plans for spending the $5,700 received in the first round of Child Care Bridge Payments grants.