As private equity invests in child care, Colorado lawmakers seek guardrails
A Chalkbeat analysis identified about 175 Colorado centers currently owned or backed by private equity or venture capital ...
House committee moves forward bill to cover child care for kids of child care workers
With child care workers in Oklahoma being paid low hourly wages, one worker said she struggles to compete with other ...
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Child care shortage might be costing NH businesses $56 million each year, new study finds
New Hampshire businesses may be losing an estimated $56 million because the state’s child care shortage is disrupting parents ...
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Legislative Democrats pitch Montana child care reform as 'pro-business'
Past legislative efforts to bolster the industry have failed to create the transformative change once hoped for, but ...
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The Editorial Board: Child care and early training go hand in hand in building healthy communities
Working parents depend on affordable child care and Buffalo employers are stepping up to provide it. There's also an ...
Can Texas chip away at its child care waitlist?
Texas has approximately 14,000 licensed child care centers after 4,000 of them closed in the past two years, and without ...
L.A. fires upend fragile child-care industry, sending providers, families scrambling
More than 300 child-care facilities are closed amid the L.A. fires, sending thousands of families scrambling to find care.
New Hampshire child care shortage costs families thousands, impacts economy
In 2023, working families lost approximately $178 million in wages because they couldn't find child care and had to take time off from work.
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Colorado lawmakers advance bill that would put guardrails on private equity-backed child care chains
The bill, which was significantly watered down from its original version, represents Colorado’s first foray into child care ...
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Child care workers could get a raise under Shapiro plan to address shortage
Thousands of PA caregivers could see pay raises under Shapiro’s budget plan, which aims to fix workforce shortages in child ...
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Kindy found to be flouting rules, says social welfare dept
JKM, which is probing the alleged abuse of an autistic child, says kindergarten in Shah Alam is registered but not licensed ...