Bath Area Family YMCA is more than doubling its child care capacity as child care providers across the state have downsized or closed.
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Sheepscot Valley school district opens day care for teachers’ kids
The effort by Regional School Unit 12 is meant to help attract and retain teachers amid statewide staffing shortages.
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Posted inNation & World, News
As child care crisis looms, Biden asks Congress for urgent help
The funds would account for about one-third of the roughly $50 billion the White House plans to seek for domestic needs, including high-speed internet access and natural disaster relief.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Child care providers close doors, reduce capacity as federal funds run out
In Maine and across the nation, the end of pandemic-related federal support is causing another round of closures and downsizing in the struggling industry.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5
While surveys show parents approve overall, support wanes among those with younger children.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
What’s in the pipeline to help Maine workers with children
A bill sponsored by Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and signed by Gov. Janet Mills devotes about $60 million to Maine’s child care system over the next two years.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents
Finding ways to make child care more affordable and accessible is a strategy Maine businesses hope will help them find and keep employees.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The market is dictating how we raise our kids
People worried about government child care should consider Americans’ bleak options under the existing system.
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Bath officials considering $100,000 donation for child care expansion at YMCA
The Bath Area Family YMCA has requested $30,000 contributions from West Bath, Arrowsic, Woolwich, Phippsburg and Georgetown for its $7.2 million project that would more than double its child care capacity.
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White House salutes child care investments by Maine and other states
Senate President Troy Jackson attended an event at the White House on Wednesday to celebrate state efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care as a means of lifting families out of poverty and strengthening local economies.