Bill seeks to boost Maine’s child care system and workforce

House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's measure would devote $5 million a year to boost training and pay for child care workers.

Windsor day care owner charged with assault on 19-month-old child

Savannah Brann, 24, was charged after a 19-month-old girl was found unresponsive after allegedly being wrapped in a blanket in a way that caused her to stop breathing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Child care centers and essential workers with kids get federal help during pandemic

Maine has received nearly $11 million in federal money to support essential workers and child-care providers during the pandemic.

Maine Children’s Home in Waterville announces new partnership with Benton childcare program

After 18 years of operation, the Children's Place Early Care & Education Center, a program of the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers, will end and relaunch as the Bright Beginnings Learning Center — Waterville.

Jerome Powell: U.S. economy remains solid, but rural towns aren’t feeling the effects

The Fed chairman stresses that poorer communities need extra tools to bolster businesses and talent.

Safe childcare regulations necessary