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Register Today for the 2025 Raising Wisconsin’s Conference!

The Raising Wisconsin’s Children Conference is a free, online learning event for parents, teachers, and caregivers of children providing supportive, practical parenting and child development information. Join us in 2025 to unlock the power of social and emotional skills in children and teens! Tuesday, January 28, 2025 8:15 AM – 4:30 PM Virtual on Zoom Warm […]

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Rent Smart Classes Available for Winter/Spring 2025!

Rent Smart is designed to help those individuals who have little to no rental experience and those who have had difficulty obtaining rental housing.  Participants may be first time renters as they graduate from school, homeowners transitioning to renting, individuals with poor rental or credit history, or individuals who have other issues that may cause potential […]

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Rent Smart Classes Available for Summer/Autumn 2024!

Rent Smart is designed to help those individuals who have little to no rental experience and those who have had difficulty obtaining rental housing.  Participants may be first time renters as they graduate from school, homeowners transitioning to renting, individuals with poor rental or credit history, or individuals who have other issues that may cause potential […]

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New Rent Smart Fact Sheets!

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension has created two Rent Smart fact sheets to assist housing applicants, tenants, and landlords understand the housing laws that apply to application fees and evictions. These fact sheets describe scenarios around the return of application fees and the notices required to begin the legal eviction process. Application Fees […]

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2023 HCE Potluck, Annual Business Meeting, & Orphan Train Presentation

Invite some friends and join us for a potluck lunch, our annual business meeting, and a presentation by Sandy Toland from the Oshkosh Public Library about the Orphan Train, a part of Winnebago County history. Monday, October 9, 2023J.P. Coughlin Center: 625 E. County Rd. Y, Oshkosh12:00pm Potluck Lunch1:00pm Business Meeting2:00pm Presentation

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Summer Online Parenting Classes

Join free online parenting classes. Connect with other parents. Get practical, positive parenting ideas. Help children grow. Raising WI Children online parenting classes are offered to all parents and caregivers. The following summer classes are available. You may choose to attend one or more of the following sessions: Learn more & register at:go.wisc.edu/parenting-classes Print or […]

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La Follette students highlight benefits of universal child savings accounts in Wisconsin

Five graduate students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs demonstrated that universal child savings accounts could have significant benefits for the state when they conducted the first statewide cost-benefit analysis of the idea last fall. Stephanie Mertens, Ian O’Connor-Giles, Adam Riley, Sam Schneider, and Tyler Williams completed the study on behalf of UW–Madison’s Division of […]

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A Response for Fatherhood: What We Heard from Wisconsin Dads

 A Response for Fatherhood: What We Heard from Wisconsin Dads What does it take to support today’s fathers? How do you define a successful fatherhood? Those are the questions research from UW-Madison Extension is answering with its Wisconsin Fatherhood Need assessment, a report now available here: https://parenting.extension.wisc.edu/fatherhood Extension realized we were not serving fathers in […]

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Strong Couples Program

FREE Relationship Help for Couples in All Life Stages The Strong Couples Program is free! This program is for couples together 6 months or longer, in all life stages. This educational program is NOT counseling. The program teaches couples to use tools to improve their relationship. Benefits to Couples Why should you and your partner […]

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