It’s tough to get anything done while watching the kids, but shaming caregivers doesn’t help, either.
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Posted inThe Franklin Journal
New Sweatt-Winter building on schedule
UMF’s new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center is on schedule to be open in early summer. The space is double the size of the previous space and will have more room for kids in the program as well as a space for graduates and undergraduates.
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Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Schools & Education
Child-care funding cliff nears, putting Maine families and facilities at risk
As pandemic relief dwindles, ‘the workforce behind the workforce’ worries about its ability to keep providing high-demand services without significant and sustained support.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine has sent nearly $74 million in American Rescue Plan grants to child care providers
The child care stabilization grants have been a great boost for workers but providers also wonder what will happen when the money runs out.
Posted inNews
King calls for more access to child care during Bath visit
Sen. Angus King argued expanding child care could help Maine attract workers.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Legislature unanimously approves $12 million boost for child care workforce
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau’s bill is supported by Gov. Janet Mills, but still needs to be funded by the Legislature’s budget-writing committee.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
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.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
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 inBusiness, Maine, 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, Maine
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.