Blakespear Introduces Bill to Increase Child Care Options for Military Families
Encinitas, has introduced legislation to help ease the shortage of child care options for military families. Senate Bill 99 ...
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Lyle child care provider’s license suspended during investigation
A Lyle childcare provider’s license was immediately suspended Jan. 22, after the Mower County Dept. of Human Services ...
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Legislative roundup: Income tax, nuclear reactor, child care bills clear committee
INDIANAPOLIS — Committee rooms were booked up and busy this week as lawmakers debated several pieces of legislation and voted ...
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Coeur d'Alene 'streamlines' child care licensing process
Those 16 and 17 can obtain a provider license, “as long as they are continuously supervised by a licensed provider and are not left alone with children.” ...
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.
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Committee unanimously supports bill to streamline Indiana’s child care licensing process
The bill would allow single-owner child care companies or nonprofits, like YMCAs, to open multiple locations under one license.
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Five big obstacles to opening child care facilities in rural Illinois
Sixty percent of rural Americans live in child care deserts — regions with too few licensed slots for children. In rural Illinois, that number rises to nearly 70%. Over the past decade, Illinois ...
Chicago child care advocates demand pay raises from mayor, citing shuttering day cares
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Child care advocates in Chicago are demanding pay raises from Mayor Brandon Johnson. They say higher pay ...
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WA lawmakers consider axing child care licensing fees
Learn more about Ed Lab. State lawmakers are considering eliminating the annual fees that child care providers must pay to be licensed by the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families.
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Good care makes good business
Developing good child care could be a way of creating economic development, a state legislator said Friday. State Delegate ...
WA lawmakers consider axing child care licensing fees
The licensing fees aren’t massive, depending on the size of the child care provider. Amy Anderson of the Washington Childcare Centers Association told lawmakers that child care providers face such ...