Dream Up! Lincoln County

We are a coalition of regional community leaders and advocates working to address the child care crisis throughout Lincoln County, WI.

Our mission is to make Lincoln County, Wisconsin a family friendly place to live, work, and thrive by supporting early childhood education and youth initiatives.

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Our Initiatives

Adopt a Provider

Adopt A Provider was established by the Dream Up! Taskforce in Langlade and Lincoln Counties. This initiative aims to help area child care providers meet their individual needs by giving employers and community members a streamlined and tax deductible way to support!

Questions? Call Childcaring at 715-841-9490,
email info@childcaring.org

Adopt a Provider Today!

Lincoln County Child Care Needs & Economic Impact Assessment

A comprehensive child care needs assessment conducted by the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in partnership with the Lincoln County Dream Up! Committee identifies major variables affecting the child care landscape and economic impact complete with action plans tailored to our community needs.

Read Full 2025 Report Here

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Funds raised will go towards:

Dream Up! Lincoln County Adopt a Provider
Outreach materials
Website costs
Mailer Campaign

Funds raised will go towards:

Dream Up! Lincoln County
Adopt a Provider:

Outreach materials
Website costs
Mailer Campaign

DREAM UP! PLANNING GRANT

Lincoln County was granted $85,000.00 to support current child care providers and initiatives that promote industry stabilization.
Here is a list of what we accomplished!

• Provided $41,000 in retention and sustainability grants to current Lincoln County providers. These funds helped obtain quality and safe equipment providers otherwise couldn’t afford, provided staff bonuses, purchased large motor skills equipment (tricycles), outdoor playground toys and met other essential needs.

• Partnered with Trinity Childcare to support training needs of staff to meet regulations to support obtaining licensure. This will allow greater access to those who receive WI Shares, the state child care assistance.

• Supported both Tomahawk and Merrill Schools who are working toward providing high school students curriculum where students can receive college credit and training towards Early Childhood Education.

• Collaborated with the Chambers of Commerce in Merrill and Tomahawk to provide educational outreach to multiple non-profit organizations and businesses to support increasing childcare capacity. This included sharing information from a locally conducted survey.

• Supported the Lincoln County Health Department in providing a Community Baby Shower that provided care packages and access to community resources that address childcare, child safety and healthy development.

• Partner with Langlade County Dream Up! Team to develop marketing and support for our shared childcare resource agency, Childcaring Inc., who now hosts a landing page for our teams. Childcaring can provide information regarding how to become regulated, funding available to support the process of becoming regulated, information for people looking for childcare, and more.

• Granted $5,000.00 to the Child Care Coalition of Wisconsin (3CWI) in support of their innovative infant care reservation system.