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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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Child care workers could get a raise under Shapiro plan to address shortage
The proposal, introduced last week in the state Capitol, seeks to allocate $55 million to licensed child care providers and ...
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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House considers childcare subsidies for industry employees
Lawmakers pushed forward with an initiative that would give more child care workers the opportunity to have care for their ...
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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 ...
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.