Family Friendly Workplaces

07/21/2026

Specialty Coating Systems - SCS, a certified Family Friendly Workplace, is hiring! Check out their page.

https://recruiting.ultipro.com/SPE1027SCSIN/JobBoard/faf81fa1-150a-48c2-a016-c3e09bb956ac/?q=&o=postedDateDesc&w=&wc=&we=&wpst=

We're hiring! Explore two opportunities to join the SCS team:

Sales Support Engineer
Supports technical sales and customer applications, working with internal teams to develop opportunities and drive regional growth.

Sales & Marketing Coordinator
Supports sales and marketing through lead management, CRM coordination, event planning and administrative support.

Learn more and apply:
https://recruiting.ultipro.com/SPE1027SCSIN/JobBoard/faf81fa1-150a-48c2-a016-c3e09bb956ac/?q=&o=postedDateDesc&w=&wc=&we=&wpst=&f4=FHRG5uG9alSiRe0L1JXvIg+s8BDQqagxFipD8CQSKH4Xw&f5=RHgpBPHsb0uBnj_9Oh4YaQ

06/30/2026

OEM Fabricators, Inc., a certified Family Friendly Workplace, is hiring! Check out their page. https://oemfab.com/careers/

We provide our Team Members with a positive and stable work environment and consider this in all of our business decisions.

06/23/2026

Thank you to the St. Croix Valley Foundation for supporting Family Friendly Workplaces through the First Thousand Days Grant Program!

This funding will help us continue promoting family-friendly workplace practices and highlighting employers who support working parents and caregivers. Together, we can strengthen families, workplaces, and communities across the St. Croix Valley.

We are grateful for this investment in children and families throughout our region. 💙

Across the St. Croix Valley, early childhood partners are aligning their efforts in new ways, connecting healthcare providers, employers, schools, and nonprofits to support families during a child’s earliest years. This month, the St. Croix Valley Foundation awarded nearly $165,000 in First Thousa...

06/19/2026

CESA #11, a certified Family Friendly Workplace, is hiring! Check out their page. https://www.cesa11.k12.wi.us/o/cesa-11/page/employment

We're Hiring! Please see our webpage for the complete posting.
https://www.cesa11.k12.wi.us/o/cesa-11/page/employment

06/16/2026

Big news for our region! CVTC has been named a TOP 10 FINALIST for the 2027 Aspen Prize — the nation's most prestigious recognition for community colleges!

The Aspen Prize is the "gold standard" in higher education, awarded based on real results: graduation rates, job placement, and graduates earning family-sustaining wages. Out of nearly 1,000 colleges nationwide, CVTC is one of just 10 finalists.

As a certified FFW, CVTC is delivering the skilled workforce our region's employers need — and this recognition proves it. When students succeed, our communities succeed!

This is a BIG DEAL! CVTC has been named one of just 10 finalists nationwide for the 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition for community colleges.

The Aspen Prize honors colleges that help students achieve meaningful outcomes from earning credentials and degrees to securing careers that provide family-sustaining wages. Being selected as a finalist reflects the dedication of our students, employees, industry partners and communities across the Chippewa Valley.

We're proud to be recognized for helping learners build brighter futures while strengthening the workforce our region depends on.

05/26/2026

Pillar Bank has been recertified as a Family Friendly Workplace and makes an annual conduit contribution to Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley. Read about it in the press release below!

https://members.familyfriendlyworkplaces.org/news/Details/pillar-bank-recertified-as-a-family-friendly-workplace-334231

04/03/2026

This week, we had the pleasure of connecting with State Bank Financial and Great Rivers United Way!

State Bank Financial was recently certified as a Family Friendly Workplace, and in celebration, they chose to give back by donating to Great Rivers United Way. We love seeing organizations invest in both their employees and their communities—what a meaningful impact!

03/26/2026

FFW Executive Director Neil Kline's op-ed on Governor Evers' veto of SB 291 was published this week in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Governor Tony Ever's veto of SB 291 has set back efforts to enlist employer support of child care, and to build the comprehensive child care solution he agrees that Wisconsin needs. Read the full piece at the link below.

If we want to address the child care crisis in Wisconsin, we must solve the ongoing operational economics problem.

03/20/2026

Spreading the word about a lot of great work!
Audra Wieser Larson and Kaylee Nix of The Parenting Place presented new findings from the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin Childcare Survey to the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce. Along with Family Friendly Workplaces, they talked about employer partnership programs designed to help organizations address childcare and caregiving-related workforce barriers.
In addition, Trust Point shared why attention to employee child care needs is one of the reasons they have been awarded Best Place to Work for 9 years in row!
Through shared investment models, reimbursement opportunities, and ARPA-supported pilot programs, your business could untie the knot of recruitment and retention. Give us call to find out more!

03/17/2026

Krumm Exteriors, LLC has been recertified as a Family Friendly Workplace and makes an annual conduit contribution to Peer Perspective, Inc. Read about it in the press release below!

https://members.familyfriendlyworkplaces.org/news/Details/krumm-exteriors-recertified-as-family-friendly-workplace-319626