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PublishedSeptember 10, 2023
Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents
Finding ways to make child care more affordable and accessible is a strategy Maine businesses hope will help them find and keep employees.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Farmington school still has room for head start
Community Concepts' Head Start programs in Franklin County are bouncing back from COVID-19 and still have room for more kids.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
Farmington university’s child education program to include infants and toddlers
The building at 274 Front St. will be the home of the nationally accredited Sweatt-Winter Early Care and Education program.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
Farmington college gives sneak peak of new Sweatt-Winter building
With completion within arm's reach, the new Sweatt-Winter building at the University of Maine Farmington is looking to bring early child development to a new level.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2023
White House salutes child care investments by Maine and other states
Senate President Troy Jackson attended an event at the White House on Wednesday to celebrate state efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care as a means of lifting families out of poverty and strengthening local economies.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
Our View: Maine families need lawmakers to support child care industry
A new report shows that most Mainers have trouble finding affordable, high-quality child care. It's hurting everyone.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
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.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
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.
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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 15, 2022
University of Maine at Farmington’s new building on schedule
UMF's new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center slated to open in early summer.
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