Child care
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2023
Applications open for CEI’s Child Care Business Lab
The Child Care Business Lab is a free, six-month program, at the end of which participants will have completed all requirements to start a licensed child care business.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
Move on from COVID? Child care disruptions continue
A record 104,000 people missed work in October 2022 because of child care problems, surpassing early pandemic levels.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2022
With day care waitlists overflowing, Brunswick Parks & Rec set to open new program
More than 30 Brunswick children have secured waitlist spots for the Parks & Recreation's new infant and toddler day care program, which is set to open in February or March.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
Unless we can accept that access to child care is infrastructure, the nation’s child care crisis – and its attendant ills – will only worsen.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
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.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
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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PublishedOctober 16, 2022
Book review: ‘Mother Brain’ delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood
The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
King calls for more access to child care during Bath visit
Sen. Angus King argued expanding child care could help Maine attract workers.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2022
Legislature unanimously approves $12 million boost for child care workforce
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's bill is supported by Gov. Janet Mills, but still needs to be funded by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2022
Maine Voices: Child care providers are the workforce behind the workforce
A lack of affordable child care for working parents is a brake on Maine employers' ability to hire.
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