Child care providers struggle to receive state's reimbursements

Child care providers struggle to receive state's reimbursements

Betsey Grant, who owns Tiny Tikes Daycare in Trenton, has been fighting the state to pay her for the services she provides foster children for years.  She isn’t the only one who has had trouble. Last month, lawmakers ordered an investigation into the delayed foster care reimbursement payments to child care providers from the state's Department of Health and Human Services. “We expect these people to take in these foster children, give them dayca…

Child care providers say Maine is behind in reimbursement payments. Lawmakers are investigating.

More than a dozen child care providers across Maine who accept children in foster care have expressed frustration over long delays in state reimbursements. Some providers said in interviews that it has taken months to receive payment. Others have stopped…