Child care providers have the incredible duty of supporting children during their most crucial developmental stages. I began my career as a pre-K teacher, and I know firsthand the joy and challenges that come from teaching — and corralling — a room full of 4- and 5-year-olds. More than that, child care providers are the […]
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Gorham House preschool brings together youth, older adults
For the residents at the senior living community, as well as the preschoolers, intergenerational learning makes for joy, compassion and special connections.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Lawmakers hear proposal to fix Maine’s broken child care system
The bill would tackle the state’s child care shortage by increasing monthly stipends for child care workers and relax the income limits for families to apply for a state subsidy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine lawmakers, regulators made child care as expensive as it is today
The state needs to examine regulations rather than continue to throw money at an industry that is rapidly disappearing, to the detriment of Maine’s economy.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath YMCA expanding child care program
The Bath Area Family YMCA broke ground last week on a new preschool building that will allow it to serve 32 more children.
Posted inTimes Record
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.
Posted inBusiness
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.
Posted inTimes Record
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Schools and 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.