With over 30 years of teaching experience, Amy Upton prides herself on setting the bar for high-quality early education and childcare. As the executive director of East Side Learning Center in Concord, which operates both early childhood and school-age childcare, quality care is important to her and her business. So when the state unveiled its […]
MONTANA — I (Kendall Hudson) looked at why investing can be several steps away for many workers, especially when rent, child care and keeping a car running take most of what they earn.
North Dakota lawmakers will consider a temporary ban on non-disclosure agreements for data centers and other industrial developments during a September special session. Legislative leaders also voted Monday to consider a line of credit for a stalled Military Gallery project, advance a technical correction to a property tax credit and debate two bills related to […]
Nearly 1,900 North Dakota families are on a waitlist for state childcare assistance. A bill draft to be considered for North Dakota’s upcoming special legislative session would add $9 million in state funding to get some of the neediest families off of the growing waitlist. “This is about low-income families who want to work,” said […]
Factors such as high childcare costs coupled with high inflation, return-to-office mandates and new federal policies could play a role, research finds.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has proposed substantial changes to the rules governing childcare centers. Some providers and advocacy organizations warn that the changes could weaken quality or safety. As economic researchers who study regulation and occupational entry, we believe the proposal should be judged by a straightforward question: Which requirements protect children, and […]
“We have an amazing number of staff members who have had children, and it’s just really challenging to find childcare in Missoula,” said superintendent Molly Blakely.
Last month, New Hampshire Executive Councilors John Stephen and Joe Kenney published a column in NH Journal explaining their decision to vote down a childcare quality contract in favor of funding the childcare workforce grant. Since then, as new information has clarified the state’s inability to fund the workforce grant, they both said they stand […]
BOZEMAN, Mont. — As families get ready for the school year, registration has opened for KidsLINK, an after-school childcare program that Greater Gallatin United Way has expanded across southwest Montana.
Senate Majority Whip Ben Queen, father of a young child, stood on the Senate floor in March to celebrate the Legislature’s first-ever hallmark childcare bill. “If we want people to go to work in this state, then we have to make sure they have somewhere safe and reliable for their kids to go during the […]
