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  • In Rural Alaska, A Powerful Documentary Flips the Script for Child Care Funding

    March 19, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

    Frustrated by the lack of childcare funding and access, one woman created a documentary showcasing the issue. It received widespread attention throughout the state, leading to a state representative sponsoring a $7 million bill to increase childcare funding and provider wages and to expand access to subsidies for middle-income families. It also led the governor to create the Alaska Child Care Task Force to oversee state licensing regulations to make the process of becoming a licensed childcare provider and opening a facility more accessible.

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  • Finding family services is hard. How South LA built a one-stop shop for people with young kids

    December 04, 2024 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Partners for Children South L.A. brings together more than 40 organizations that work with families in need to make it easier for parents to get the services they’re seeking without having to go to multiple different providers before getting help. Over the past 10 years, the collaboration has served more than 10,000 families.

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  • CT child care 'incubator' is building capacity, stability in sector

    November 26, 2024 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, New Britain, Connecticut

    New Britain’s Childcare Incubator Project helps home-based child care entrepreneurs launch their businesses through in-depth training, mentorship, and support, including a transitional phase where they start offering care within a shared facility and with the guidance of an on-site coordinator. Four businesses are currently in their transitional phase, and other cities around the state are now considering replicating the program.

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  • Burke County elementary schools welcome two child care programs devastated by Helene

    October 17, 2024 |

    EducationNC |

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    Response Location: United States, Burke County, North Carolina

    In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Burke County Public Schools offered up classroom space to two child care centers whose facilities were extensively damaged in the storm. The partnership helped ensure care for about 170 children, keeping teachers employed and allowing parents to go back to work.

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  • For child care workers, state aid for their own kids' care is 'life-changing'

    June 17, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Smithfield, Rhode Island

    To help address staffing shortages, states such as Rhode Island have launched pilot programs leveraging federal funding to subsidize child care costs for early childhood education workers. Child care centers say the programs have helped them attract and retain staff while making care more affordable for employees, but some states are struggling to make the funding permanent.

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  • Hope Starts Here effort works to boost early childhood education in Detroit

    June 17, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Hope Starts Here is a sweeping child care initiative designed to improve early childhood outcomes for Detroit children by targeting different areas such as public outreach, program quality, and funding streams. Since it began, the initiative has helped open a new early childhood education center, helped thousands of families to access child care subsidies, and reached more than 5,000 people through education and outreach events.

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  • A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here's what it took.

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Nebraska

    In partnership with other local organizations and advocacy groups, Communities for Kids trains providers to offer Spanish-language childcare, as the state lacks sufficient access to culturally responsive, bilingual care. The training is free and has already licensed several individuals who now run their own Spanish-speaking childcare centers.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: Free Childcare for Women's Health

    May 29, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    New Mexico’s Early Childhood Education and Care Fund provides free childcare for families who earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level and serves about 18,423 children a month. Access to free childcare has also impacted parent’s health, particularly mothers, as they’re often the ones taking time away from themselves and their jobs to handle the majority of childcare tasks.

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  • This Montana school solved its teacher shortage by opening a day care

    May 28, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dutton, Montana

    To help fill open teaching positions, Dutton-Brady Public Schools opened Little Diamondbacks Daycare to provide subsidized child care for school staff who often struggle to find open, affordable slots for their kids. The center also helps fill a need in the community, with some families who don’t work at the school driving from up to 40 miles away to use the daycare center.

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  • Child care access grant vital for student parent mental health on campus, advocates say

    May 26, 2024 |

    The DePaulia |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The CCAMPIS program at Northern Illinois University provides essential support to student parents, including financial assistance for child care, to ease the burden of balancing academics and parenting. CCAMPIS also funds services like housing, transportation, food, and mental health support, fostering a community for student parents.

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