A lack of affordable child care for working parents is a brake on Maine employers’ ability to hire.
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Child care providers say industry needs consistent financial support to survive
More than 170 Maine child care centers have shuttered since the beginning of the pandemic, and Gov. Janet Mills has proposed $12 million to fund legislation to increase the wages of workers. But much more may be needed.
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Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Mills speaks on expansion of UMF childhood, early education center
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) has been given the stamp of approval by the UMaine-System to expand its Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center. The expansion, according to a release, will enable UMF to care for more infants and toddlers. Additionally, it will allow UMF to increase enrollment to its […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We are parenting during COVID. We are tired. And we’re the lucky ones
My wife and I have good jobs and day care, and we’re still stressed out right now. How are other families even managing?
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Child tax credit providing financial relief to working families like mine
Child care cost my family over $18,000 last year. Extending the child tax credit can help more women like me stay on the job.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Getting Maine back to work
A think tank’s report identifies child care subsidies and other aid to families as a necessary step toward full economic recovery.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: More funding not a long-term fix for our state’s child care crisis
Instead of hoping for Washington to bail us out, Maine legislators should take a scalpel to onerous regulations.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rep. Pingree: Build Back Better offers historic chance to deliver for Maine people
This legislation will roll back irresponsible tax cuts and fund clean energy, child care affordability and a stronger safety net for older Mainers and those with disabilities.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine providing $73 million in grants to stabilize state’s ‘crucial’ child care industry
Working families in Maine are struggling to find child care as facilities close or limit enrollment because of staffing shortages worsened by the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
10% of Maine child care centers closed during the pandemic, threatening ‘the workforce behind the workforce,’ experts say
With Maine child care facilities closing and financial pressure on those still open, concerns rise that parents won’t be able to return to work.