High quality early education and care must be a top priority in Maine. As an early childhood educator working with 1-to-3-year-old children at a center in Maine, I write in response to a column about high quality child care (Sun Journal, Jan. 14). I am concerned about the direction Maine could be headed. The Health […]
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Children need high quality child care
As law enforcement officials, we know we won’t always be in the right place at the right time to stop a crime as it is committed. It is a hard reality that much of our work happens after someone has been hurt or something has been lost. That is why it is important to have […]
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Democrats, kids groups oppose new Maine child care rules
AUGUSTA (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and advocates for children say Maine’s latest child care regulations roll back safety and quality standards. New emergency regulations in effect Wednesday allow in-home child care providers to exclude their own children from staffing ratios. The rules remove a provision that allows parents to visit their children at any point […]
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Maine lawmakers voice concerns about proposed child care rules
AUGUSTA (AP) — Some Maine lawmakers are voicing their concerns about the state’s proposed child care rules and the care of incarcerated young people with mental illness. The Legislature’s health and human services committee on Thursday agreed to ask Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration for more details on proposed child care regulations, which the committee […]
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Quality early education key to ending generational crime
As first-term legislators from Oxford County, our orientation is pretty conservative. We don’t like spending taxpayers’ money. But what we like even less — and what we saw during our collective 70 years in law enforcement — is the cycle of generational crime. We arrested third and fourth generations of the same families. Ask any […]
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Group to look into child care licensing, regulation
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee on Friday directed a watchdog group to look into how Maine licenses and regulates child care providers. The issue was raised by State Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston, and State Rep. Richard Farnsworth, D-Portland, co-chairs of the Health and Human Services Committee. Craven is also a member of the […]
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Local schools honored for prevention programs
LEWISTON — Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0, a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center, has recognized 210 school, after-school and childcare programs across Maine for supporting children and families in healthy eating and active living. The recognition was given to those organizations and programs that follow five […]