National Report Highlights Child Care System ‘at a Crossroads’

National report highlights child care system ‘at a crossroads’

Preschool children participate in the "stick song" Friday at KidzStuff Child Care Center in Baltimore. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)States need to streamline sometimes cumbersome requirements for childcare providers, in addition to improving access and affordability and investing in childcare workers to strengthen the system for the future, according to a recent national report. The 40-page report by a 13-member committee of the Na…

New study from Harvard offers a solution to the child care crisis: Pay workers more - The Boston Globe

Paying early child care workers $6 more an hour could increase formal child care enrollment from 53 percent to 65 percent in five years.

New scholarship for childcare workers

Hastings County is preparing a new scholarship, designed to both help students complete programs for child care and encourage them to settle in the Quinte Region. During Wednesday’s meeting of Hastings County Community and Human Services Committee, the committee reviewed a proposal to launch the scholarship program by sending a total of $137,000 to Fleming and St. Lawrence colleges for the scholarship. Those funds would be divided into $68,500 f…

MU law professor's research offers new solutions for childcare worker shortage

University of Missouri Professor Lauren Shores Pelikan is proposing a tax incentive for childcare workers to combat high turnover rates in the industry.