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Chalkbeat on MSN6d
In tough budget year, raises for Colorado child care workers win continued support from lawmakers
A pilot program that increased wages for child care teachers was set to end in June. Lawmakers found the money to continue it ...
Daily Inter Lake9d
Bills targeting Montana’s child care challenges maintaining steam
According to a state health department report from 2023 ... executive director at the Missoula-based nonprofit Child Care Resources, told Montana Free Press in an interview that Karlen ...
Daily Inter Lake23d
Relief in a desert: Finding child care in Northwest Montana
(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake ... Most of Northwest Montana is considered a child care desert, a topic looked at in a January 2024 report from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry ...
Chalkbeat on MSN11h
Colorado’s preschool program ranks high for enrollment, low for quality guardrails, report finds
A new report from the National Institute for Early Education Research highlights big enrollment gains in Colorado’s ...
EducationNC2d
Here's what the Senate budget propsal means for child care
As lawmakers grapple with funding and policy decisions to address child care challenges, local leaders are supporting ...
Columbus Dispatch28d
Lack of child care costs Ohio economy $5.48B each year, new Chamber report finds
It's costing the state's economy $5.48 billion in untapped taxes and employer earnings each year, according to a new U.S. Chamber Foundation report. "Child care is a national crisis. Everyone is ...
WMUR5d
Goodlander visits day care to discuss rising cost of child care as federal programs face cuts
THE COST OF CHILD CARE IS ALSO AFFECTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. A RECENT REPORT ESTIMATED THAT OVER $50 MILLION WAS LOST FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES D U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan6d
Iowa lawmakers advance legislation to combat child care crisis
as the plan does not allocate any new money to improve child care but rather moves funds from existing sources. In an email in February to The Daily Iowan, the governor’s office confirmed the ...
KELOLAND.com10d
Child care provider checks, reporting in South Dakota
Recent day care arrests in Sioux Falls raise questions about where parents can find options to check on child care resources.
New York Daily News26d
NYC needs universal child care now
We’re pushing to make sure every family has access to free, full day 3-K in their neighborhood. And we are doing our best to support child care providers to make sure they have fair contracts ...
Nation News3d
CCB: Report child abuse
In the event that there are any cases or know of any cases or they suspect anything, for them to call the Child Care Board and make a report or they can make a report to the Barbados Police ...
Cleveland.com28d
Ohio walking away from $5.5B because of problems with child care, new report says
Of the $5.5 billion in the report, unveiled Tuesday morning at a child care policy summit at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce: -$1.2 billion was the cost of absences to employers, due to them not ...