The Building Blocks MKE childcare pilot program concluded in 2025, marking the successful completion of a three-year effort to support families in the building trades. We’re grateful to NABTU|TradesFutures, whose program funding made this initiative possible.

Over its three-year run, the program supported dozens of families across a wide range of construction trades, with participation evenly split between mothers and fathers as the primary enrollee—showing that child care is a family issue.

empowHER is proud to have led this pilot, helping the industry address child care as a critical barrier to sustained employment.

We look forward to reintroducing and expanding this program to continue supporting parents working in the building trades.