Access to quality, affordable care supports kids’ and families’ well-being – and it’s too big for businesses, philanthropy or even the state to handle alone.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Report shows significant lack of quality child care in rural Maine communities
The effects of this need are far-reaching, but a statewide effort to improve the situation could turn around the lives of children in rural areas such as Somerset County.
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Posted inSchools and Education, Uncategorized
Portland childcare programs in jeopardy without more federal coronavirus funds
A proposal headed to the school board for discussion Tuesday would discontinue community childcare programs for students on days they’re not in school, with federal relief funding about to run out.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Head Start urges Maine’s senators to OK $1.7 billion in emergency relief
The preschool program has served families throughout the pandemic. Now it needs help keeping our most at-risk children safe.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Include child care centers in school reopening plans
Employers and government agencies need to help ensure that someone is there to care for the school-aged children of early childhood teachers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Child care essential for families to go back to work, students to go back to school
For Maine’s reopening to succeed, providers should be supported in a way that reflects their importance.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Pandemic makes it ‘a scary time’ for child care industry in Maine
A survey done by an advocacy group shows that two-thirds of child care facilities in the state are losing money, and more federal help is being sought.
Posted inMaine, News
As workplaces reopen, Maine parents scramble for child care made scarce by pandemic
Twenty percent of Maine’s licensed child care programs are closed and some will never reopen, leaving parents looking desperately for slots that were in short supply even before the pandemic.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: COVID crisis highlights need to rethink early care in Portland
Public schools have benefited from consistent funding and coordinated policies during the pandemic – early care programs deserve the same.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Reopening of state exacerbates child care worries
With schools closed and roughly 50% of child care centers open, some families have struggled to find a safe place that will care for their children.