SenatorBill Cassidy (R-LA) in introducing the Strengthening Transparency and Oversight to Prevent (STOP) ChildCare Fraud Act. This legislation aims to protect American families' tax dollars from fraudulent federal child care spending.
About two-dozen Hoosier childcare providers and advocates overwhelmingly opposed looser statewide staff educational requirements during a Monday public hearing ... .
$5 million increase for the ChildCare Staff Retention and Recruitment ProgramGovernor Shapiro created last year, for a total of $30 million in funding, providing at least $540 per employee annually ...
Yet beneath the familiar symbolism, a more complicated reality has emerged ...Student loan debt reached unprecedented levels ... Healthcare and childcare costs continued to rise while inflation placed additional pressure on household budgets ... ....
The commissioner also highlighted a $60 million child care expansion pilot program in Broome, Dutchess and Monroe counties.Each county will receive $20 million to expand access to child care for ...