The program aims to help working parents who need a safe place for their kids to go when they’d normally be in school, as Augusta’s reopening plan splits students into groups attending some days of the week.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Head Start urges Maine’s senators to OK $1.7 billion in emergency relief
The preschool program has served families throughout the pandemic. Now it needs help keeping our most at-risk children safe.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Child care essential for families to go back to work, students to go back to school
For Maine’s reopening to succeed, providers should be supported in a way that reflects their importance.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Pandemic makes it ‘a scary time’ for child care industry in Maine
A survey done by an advocacy group shows that two-thirds of child care facilities in the state are losing money, and more federal help is being sought.
Posted inLocal & State, News
As workplaces reopen, Maine parents scramble for child care made scarce by pandemic
Twenty percent of Maine’s licensed child care programs are closed and some will never reopen, leaving parents looking desperately for slots that were in short supply even before the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
While some Maine businesses reopen, parents struggle to find safe child care
With schools closed and roughly 50% of child care centers open, some families have struggled to find a safe place that will care for their children.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Child care centers and essential workers with kids get federal help during pandemic
Maine has received nearly $11 million in federal money to support essential workers and child-care providers during the pandemic.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Early education a matter of national security
High-quality child care is crucial for the success of young children, and military readiness.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Fingerprinting set to begin for employees in child care
Former Gov. Paul LePage’s refusal to implement the requirement ultimately cost the state $800,000 in federal grants.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Depictions of new motherhood shouldn’t be so scary
An ad rejected from the Oscars showed postpartum life as it usually is.