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Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Over 25,000 Michigan children would lose access to Head Start programs under the Trump administration’s planned cuts, a recent report found.
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High child care costs hinder women’s workforce participation in Indiana
A new study from Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research revealed how child care availability and costs affect women’s workforce participation in Indiana. ...
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Kansas GOP state senator criticizes daycare tax credit, saying it will ‘put mothers to work’
Kansas state Sen. Mark Steffen (R-Hutchinson) sparked a heated debate during a special session on Tuesday by voicing his criticism of the tax credit increase for daycare, calling the inclusion “politically expedient.”
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Critical child care funding hangs in balance as Missouri budget nears deadline
Child care advocates are pushing for increased funding as the budget deadline approaches this Friday. Robyn Schelp, director of policy and advocacy for Kids Win Missouri, said ensuring increases to ...
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Kentucky child-care providers face uncertain future when federal funding expires
Child-care providers in Kentucky are bracing for severe funding cuts when $330 million in annual federal funding expires in September. A recent survey of hundreds of child-care directors in the ...
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Child care tax credits gain momentum in Missouri
While Missouri’s legislative session has just begun, child-care tax credits are at top of mind with a bipartisan House bill. HB 1488 takes a three-pronged approach to supplementing the ...
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Report: Illinois’ child well-being varies widely by race
A new report looks at children’s well-being in every state and finds in Illinois, the outcomes vary greatly depending on race. In its Race for Results report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation ...
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Ohio has billions in unspent reserves as child well-being measures drop
Math and reading proficiency among Ohio’s students have stalled since the pandemic, and more students are qualifying for free or reduced-price school meals because of economic disadvantages at ...
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Nebraska has until Jan. 1 to opt in to food assistance for 150,000 children
Roughly one in eight Nebraskans who have experienced hunger is a child. The state has a chance to help their families afford groceries, but must ‘opt in’ to a federal program to do so. ...
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Midwestern Democratic governors take steps to fill gaps in child care after federal funds expire
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) have all taken major steps in the past two weeks to fill child care funding gaps after billions of dollars in pandemic relief expired this month.
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Missouri gets jump in child care subsidy rates
An increase in child-care subsidy reimbursement rates up to 58% of market rate is being hailed as a big win for providers in Missouri. Sarah Gould is the early-childhood director for Community ...
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