EdSurge

As More States Expand Child Care Programs, This Is One to Watch

One county in Maryland is garnering attention after a $10 million initiative to boost early childhood programs.

Vermont parent-child centers receive $900,000 grant to continue family resource program

The Rutland County Parent Child Center is a nonprofit social service agency that works to meet the needs of families. The ...
WBUR

Head Start agencies in Mass. expect cuts to programs due to federal shutdown

In Massachusetts, six Head Start agencies won't get their funding on Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues. Advocates and state ...
Chicago Tribune

Measure to create new state agency for childhood services now on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk

The Illinois House on Thursday passed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s initiative to consolidate early childhood services under a single agency, paving the way for the creation of a new state Department of Early ...
Lawrence Journal-World

What happens when a child-care agency closes? How it affects other providers and what they say they need to bridge the gap in Douglas County

The former site of One of a Kind Progressive Early Education, 4640 W. 27th St., is pictured on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The child care facility abrutply closed in late April. On a sunny afternoon in ...
wqad

Illinois House gives OK to new state agency focused on early childhood programs

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House gave final passage Thursday to a bill establishing a new cabinet-level state agency whose mission will be to provide a kind of one-stop shop for services ...
Oregonian

Oregon early learning, child care programs poised for $45 million in cuts

Oregon’s agency overseeing child care and early childhood education is poised to receive $45 million less from the Legislature than it needs to operate those programs at their current scope over the ...