The Center for American Progress found one half of all Americans, and nearly 40 percent of Vermonters, live in areas without sufficient affordable child care.
Dems push federal child care subsidy bill
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Report: 40 percent of Vermonters live in child care ‘deserts’
Parents, especially women, experience reduced job opportunities due to a lack of quality, affordable child care.
Louis Josephson: Supporting recovery
Child care is a critical support for people recovering from opioid addiction.
Opioid epidemic prompts free child care in Brattleboro
A new program at the Brattleboro Retreat offers a “welcoming place” for kids while their parents undergo medication-assisted treatment for opiate addiction.
Tabetha Luhn: Affordable child care key to solving Vermont’s demographic challenge
An issue like affordable child care can severely impact where a young person chooses to begin establishing their career and life.
Chloe Leary: Imagine a community without services for families
All aspects of our community are strengthened when families are supported to be successful.
State boost for child care falls far short of need
Vermont’s $2.5 million in new child care spending doesn’t ensure that providers are paid market rates, say advocates. That would take a further $9 million.
As home-based day care dwindles, new rules not clear reason
Of the slightly more than half of child care operators who gave a reason for their closure during the first three-quarters of the fiscal year, only 2 percent cited new regulations.
Chloe Learey: Early care is a critical for economic development
People who do not have young children often ask me: “I don’t have kids. Why should I care about child care?”
Mayor Weinberger Announces Funding Plan for Early Learning Initiative
New program will expand high-quality child care opportunities for low-income children; Mayor’s FY18 budget will use existing sources to launch $500,000 annual investment intended to reduce future public spending; Investment will be rigorously evaluated and will seek to leverage additional partner funding.
Chloe Learey: Child care system subsidized by those who work in it
Teachers cannot afford to work in the field, and families cannot afford to pay the tuition.
Let’s Grow Kids Honors Five Vermonters as ‘Early Childhood Superheroes’
News Release — Lets Grow Kids May 1, 2017 Contact: Nicole Haley, 802.391.0545 or [email protected] Burlington, Vermont—Let’s Grow Kids has recognized five Vermonters as Early Childhood Superheroes for going above and beyond to help young children reach their full potential. The honorees include: · Hope Campbell, of Barnet, Director of Child Care Programs at Vermont […]
Funding woes prompt child care merger
Brattleboro-based Windham Child Care Association is ceasing operations and merging with another facility. The move comes after a change in state policy cost the association a contract.
Don Keelan: Let’s give back the $1.2 million
I would hope that I am not the only one who is bewildered by the recent announcement that Bennington’s United Counseling Services has been awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to provide child care services to families at risk in Bennington County.