Finding ways to make child care more affordable and accessible is a strategy Maine businesses hope will help them find and keep employees.
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Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Cape Cod Hill School still has room for head start
Community Concepts’ Head Start programs in Franklin County are bouncing back from COVID-19 and still have room for more kids.
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Farmington university’s child education program to include infants and toddlers
The building at 274 Front St. will be the home of the nationally accredited Sweatt-Winter Early Care and Education program.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
UMF gives sneak peek of new Sweatt-Winter building
With completion within arm’s reach, the new Sweatt-Winter building at the University of Maine Farmington is looking to bring early child development to a new level.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inPerspective
Child care is broken. Working from home won’t fix it.
It’s tough to get anything done while watching the kids, but shaming caregivers doesn’t help, either.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
New Sweatt-Winter building on schedule
UMF’s new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center is on schedule to be open in early summer. The space is double the size of the previous space and will have more room for kids in the program as well as a space for graduates and undergraduates.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
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.
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King calls for more access to child care during Bath visit
Sen. Angus King argued expanding child care could help Maine attract workers.