‘This year will be a play year,’ Director Erica Thompson said when asked how she saw the program expanding in the new building, which is more than double in size.
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Sheepscot Valley school district opens day care for teachers’ kids
The effort by Regional School Unit 12 is meant to help attract and retain teachers amid statewide staffing shortages.
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Child care providers close doors, reduce capacity as federal funds run out
In Maine and across the nation, the end of pandemic-related federal support is causing another round of closures and downsizing in the struggling industry.
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More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5
While surveys show parents approve overall, support wanes among those with younger children.
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What’s in the pipeline to help Maine workers with children
A bill sponsored by Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and signed by Gov. Janet Mills devotes about $60 million to Maine’s child care system over the next two years.
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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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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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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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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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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.