Council approves measures to help child care providers
Thursday, February 2, 2023 by Jo Clifton At its first meeting of the year, City Council voted unanimously to direct the city manager to work...
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About 19% of average annual income in Boone County spent on child care | K-12 Education
Zola Sturtz sends his kid to day care three times a week instead of five. During the other two days of the work week, his...
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Senate unveils child care bill with full-day public pre-K for 4-year-olds
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New analysis counts 280 fewer child care facilities in Maine over two-year period
Maine ended last year with 280 fewer child care facilities compared to two years ago. That’s according to new analysis from the Bipartisan Policy Center,...
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Lawmakers, Hochul clash on plans to fix child care crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vision to address the state’s child care crisis continues to differ from several lawmakers as they prepare to begin this session’s budget...
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North Carolina awarded federal Preschool Development Grant to boost state’s Family Child Care Home Network
Photo by Pixabay RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a $4 million Preschool Development Grant that will help...
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Press Release: Coalition Praises Parson’s Focus on Child Care and Early Education
The Missouri Champion of Children Coalition of child advocates, business groups, law enforcement, healthcare advocates and community leaders support making child care and early education a top...
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Second Annual Early Ed Month Focuses on Critical Needs for Robust Investments in High-Quality Early Care and Education
Today marks the start of the second annual Early Ed Month, which is a month-long initiative to educate local and national policymakers, business leaders, parents,...
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Leffler & Tetrault: Let’s make an investment to end Vermont’s child care crisis
This commentary is by Brian Leffler, president, and Nikki Tetrault, director of marketing, at Instrumart in South Burlington. Instrumart is a 34-year-old Vermont-based company...
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Child care facility in partnership with CDOT hopes to break ground next year
Children eat a snack at Heritage Park Preschool in late 2021. The preschool had temporarily closed a class room that year due to a lack...
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Free child care coming for 1,000 Harris County children under new plan
Harris County is moving forward with a plan to improve and expand access to child care as the industry struggles to bounce back from the...
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Child care is already unaffordable for many families. Experts worry a spike could be ahead.
For Christina Townsend, the cost of child care for her young son was $1,625 a month in Northern Virginia, about 50% of her take-home income....
