child care

Published
February 7, 2023

Applications open for CEI’s Child Care Business Lab

The Child Care Business Lab is a free, six-month program, at the end of which participants will have completed all requirements to start a licensed child care business.
Published
January 3, 2023

Move on from COVID? Child care disruptions continue

A record 104,000 people missed work in October 2022 because of child care problems, surpassing early pandemic levels.
Published
December 22, 2022

With day care waitlists overflowing, Brunswick Parks & Rec set to open new program

More than 30 Brunswick children have secured waitlist spots for the Parks & Recreation's new infant and toddler day care program, which is set to open in February or March.
Published
December 6, 2022

Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?

Unless we can accept that access to child care is infrastructure, the nation’s child care crisis – and its attendant ills – will only worsen.
Published
December 4, 2022

Child-care funding cliff nears, putting Maine families and facilities at risk

As pandemic relief dwindles, 'the workforce behind the workforce' worries about its ability to keep providing high-demand services without significant and sustained support.
Published
November 17, 2022

Maine has sent nearly $74 million in American Rescue Plan grants to child care providers

The child care stabilization grants have been a great boost for workers but providers also wonder what will happen when the money runs out.
Published
October 16, 2022

Book review: ‘Mother Brain’ delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood

The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.
Published
June 2, 2022

King calls for more access to child care during Bath visit

Sen. Angus King argued expanding child care could help Maine attract workers.
Published
March 31, 2022

Legislature unanimously approves $12 million boost for child care workforce

House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's bill is supported by Gov. Janet Mills, but still needs to be funded by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.
Published
March 24, 2022

Maine Voices: Child care providers are the workforce behind the workforce

A lack of affordable child care for working parents is a brake on Maine employers' ability to hire.