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All posts tagged "child care"
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529NewsStudent well-being, school choice, higher ed top governors’ priorities for 2025
Governors remained committed to investing in public education but few addressed declining student achievement.
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587News1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. Trump’s deportations and raids have many terrified
Many staff and children aren’t showing up as federal crackdown on immigration ramps up.
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615NewsMoms to Trump: We want relief on child care costs
A new national campaign encourages Trump to keep and expand the child tax credit.
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508NewsParents of premature babies struggle to get help their children are entitled to
Few families with premature babies receive the early intervention services they are eligible for.
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414► ReportsA logic model to support the study of local child care subsidy payment policies and practices
A guide to support examining child care subsidy payment policies at the local level.
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291GrantsInland Empire region Latino community development grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community Development, Latino Community, Housing, Education, Child Care, Inland Empire | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Feb. 27, 2025
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486NewsFive big obstacles to opening child care facilities in rural Illinois
About 60% of rural Americans live in child care deserts.
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778NewsIntergenerational care benefits children and seniors. Why is it still so rare?
Intergenerational care has cognitive and physical health benefits for both children and seniors.
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847NewsParents on the hunt for child care say it feels like ‘The Hunger Games’
Yearslong wait lists, anxiety, and lack of choice: 4 parents' quest for quality care.
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1.5KGrantsEarly child care expansion for low-income native children grants
GRANT FOCUS: Native Children, Child Care, Early Education, Low-Income Families | Amount: $1,000,000 - $9,177,455 | Deadline: Jan. 21, 2025
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6.9KGrantsEarly childhood welfare, education and parenting program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Early Childhood, Education, Parenting, Child Care, Research | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025 (LOI)
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981NewsThe dark future of American child care
Nationwide, child care deaths are rare but they do happen. Will loosening regulations help?
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532NewsHow child-focused ballot measures fared this election
Voters across the states largely approved funding for children, though some holdouts remain.
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759News
2 out of 5 child care teachers make so little they need public assistance to support their families
Child care teachers nationally earn a median wage of $13.07 per hour.
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781► ReportsEarly childhood workforce index 2024
The nation's early childhood workforce is underpaid, leading to high turnover and staffing shortages.
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1.4KGrants
Early child care and education program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Early Childhood, Child Care, Child Welfare, Child Development, Early Education | Amount: $577,859 - $80,166,137 | Deadline: Jan. 6, 2025
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886OpinionAmerica doesn’t know how to talk about child care
America lacks any agreed-upon framework for talking about child care.
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469GrantsHome-based child care research center program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care, Early Care, Child Development, Research | Amount: $500,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 10, 2024
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917News
More companies open on-site child care to help employees juggle parenting and jobs
Skyrocketing child care costs and staffing shortages have complicated arrangements for working parents.
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1.1KNewsMany ‘informal’ child care providers are entitled to pay. Most don’t know it
In many states, informal child care providers are eligible for funded support.
