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Oklahoma child care facilities face ‘burdensome’ licensing requirements, study finds
November 18, 2024
Oklahoma children outnumber the spots available in licensed child care facilities, and rural counties are feeling the burden of uneven access.
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Child care shortage isn’t a new problem; advocates decry decades of inadequate public money
September 11, 2024
Most states, including North Carolina, primarily support child care with federal funds and supplement it with state money. But neither federal nor state dollars have kept up with higher costs.
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Major federal ‘deficiency’ violations forced MACAA to shut down its free Head Start childcare centers
August 13, 2024
Charlottesville area’s only free Head Start program closed suddenly, leaving nearly 200 families without childcare.
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Survey: Affordable Child Care a Problem in Rural America
July 16, 2024
New study shows that affordability and access to high-quality child care are increasingly problems for employers and employees.
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A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took
June 15, 2024
In Lexington, Nebraska, where two-thirds of residents are Hispanic, hundreds of children lack access to high-quality child care from providers who can communicate with their parents. Something had to change.
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This Montana school solved its teacher shortage by opening a day care
May 28, 2024
On-site day cares are being used as a recruitment tool. Turns out, they help more than just the teachers.
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Child care providers face difficult choices as funding cliff looms
April 05, 2024
A survey of child care centers released last week shows that without extra pandemic aid, centers expect to lose teachers, close classrooms, raise tuition and fees or a combination of those measures. More than 1,500 child care facilities in North Carolina could close.
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When its employees struggled to find child care, a small-town coffee company opened its own center
January 09, 2024
Employers risk losing workers who can’t find affordable child care. Red Rooster Coffee in Floyd offers it on site to its 48 employees for just $2 per hour.
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More tourism communities ask voters to approve lodging taxes for child care
November 15, 2023
Stipends fund help for housing day care for workers in hospitality industries.
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How an Idaho children’s facility got away with firing whistleblowers of child abuse
November 07, 2023
Legal experts say the case underscores Idaho’s weak protections for workers facing retaliation.
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Lahaina Families Frustrated Over Lack Of Child Care Options
November 06, 2023
The historic Maui town, which already suffered from a child care shortage, lost 255 licensed seats in the August wildfires.
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Despite Marathon County’s poor record on child care, resolution proposes weakening oversight of in-home providers
October 10, 2023
The measure that passed relies on a controversial report by a Badger Institute visiting fellow who is also a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute – a right-wing think tank based in Washington, D.C.
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Oregon Leadership on Child Care Front and Center at White House Event
July 25, 2023
White House takes a page from the Oregon playbook with recent calls to cap child care payments at 7% of a family’s income and other improvements to increase access.
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Can’t find child care for your infant in Wisconsin? You’re not alone. Industry experts break down why it’s so difficult.
July 25, 2023
Among the list of challenges, providers often charge parents less than the actual cost of care in an attempt to keep prices manageable. And that’s with child care workers being notoriously underpaid compared to those with similar credentials in other fields.
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To Expand Childcare Access, Daycare Centers and Nursery Schools May Soon Be Allowed in All Sections of Village of Red Hook
July 12, 2023
The issue comes at a time when the need for childcare centers for local children under school age, in particular, is of pressing concern to young parents.
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