The number of parents citing child care-related work disruptions has risen 19% from pre-pandemic levels and is 17% higher than at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Portland families saddened by closure of Boys & Girls Club programs
When the closures were announced in August, families were told their kids could attend after-school programming at the club’s central location on Cumberland Avenue, but some families have opted not to.
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Brunswick approves development of YMCA Early Learning Center
The Early Learning Center for the Bath Area Family YMCA has received approval from the Brunswick Planning Board so the development of the old Martin’s Point building can move forward.
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For some parents, surging child care costs could determine how they vote
Parents struggle with access to child care, and once they find it, with how to pay for it.
Posted inTimes Record
A ‘wild west’ child care market: Brunswick day care in dire need of workers
The Brunswick Child Care Program is scrambling to reopen after its final staff member quit earlier this month.
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Bath Iron Works to open a day care in hopes of attracting workers
The Bath shipyard, one of the state’s largest employers, is partnering with the local YMCA to add 150 local day care slots.
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Having a family is expensive. Here’s what Harris and Trump have said about easing costs
The tickets have 1 main commonality: Both candidates and their running mates have, at one point or another, backed an expanded child tax credit.
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Portland planning board to look at expansion of downtown child care
The project would double the number of slots available at the popular Youth and Family Outreach child care center to 110 and build 48 affordable and 12 market-rate apartments.
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Maine’s struggling child care industry gets much-needed boost from new state support
But industry leaders and experts say much work still remains to stabilize the industry.
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These cities raised taxes for child care. Parents say it ‘changed my life’
In New Orleans, voters approved a property tax increase, which raised the city’s budget for child care. A marijuana sales tax approved last year by voters in Anchorage, Alaska, will generate more than $5 million for early childhood programs. Policy analysts say more people are noticing the link between the economy and child care.