Education
New York Launches $15.6 Million Expansion Into Child Care on SUNY Campuses
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Last school year, SUNY provided 650 student-parents child care across two-thirds of its campuses.
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In Elmira, young engineers, and their robots, prepare for Juneteenth
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“In order to really encourage STEM education, we need to focus and start early.”
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$70 million in grants available for child care programs in New York’s underserved areas
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“Parents need to work in order to take care of their families, and when they don’t have anyone to take care of their kids, the kids are lacking.”
Education
Lawmakers Push for $5 Billion Toward Universal Child Care Access in New York
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“This is not a strong start, and does not come close to universal child care.”
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Binghamton YWCA to develop new child care, affordable housing complex
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The YWCA of Binghamton and Broome County is expanding its footprint. The organization plans to build a new child care facility and affordable housing complex over roughly five acres downtown.
Economy
New York lawmakers seek to expand access to child care, boost industry with new bill
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“The better environment we can create for raising our children, that’s going to pay dividends in terms of innovation, in terms of entrepreneurship.”
Education
New bill carves path toward universal child care in New York
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“The demands of parents and providers for meaningful action on child care have been ignored for far too long.”
Education
Child care providers get faster access to subsidy payments under new Hochul-approved law
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“This is an important step in modernizing the system and eliminating an administrative hassle for child care programs.”
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Despite ‘A Little Bit Of Anxiety,’ PA Officials Say Most Activities Are Safe For Young, Unvaccinated Kids
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Acting State Human Services Secretary Meg Snead said parents ultimately have to make their own decisions about what’s safe.
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After Backlash, New York State Changes COVID-19 Child Care Guidance
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“Trying to get ten toddlers to keep a mask on is a feat that’s impossible. It’s very, very difficult. We can barely get them to keep their shoes on, let alone a mask on their face.”
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In Corning, Schumer Says Child Tax Credit Will Help Families Long After Stimulus Checks
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Roughly a quarter of Steuben County residents experiencing poverty are under the age of 18.
Education
$2.3 Billion: How The ‘Historic’ New York State Budget Reboots Child Care
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“It could really change the whole way that child care is done, it could change the child care system going forward.”
Education
Cuomo Administration Mum On Overdue Child Care Report
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“We were told two weeks ago it was done, ready to go. I don’t know what the hold up is.”
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PA Child Care Advocates Fear New State Policy Will Break The Industry
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It’s the latest stress the industry has faced since COVID-19 turned the child care sector upside down in March.
Education
New Study Says Pennsylvania’s Child Care Industry Needs Millions More To Survive
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“If the pandemic was over today, and our economy was back to where it was pre-pandemic, we would probably be in a pretty good place. I think the concern really comes in when we look at the future.”
Education
PA Mask Mandate For Kids At Child Care Has Good Intentions. Can It Be Followed?
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“We find the data is suggesting children should be wearing masks any time they are outside of their family’s home and can’t maintain a distance of 6 or more feet.”
YMCA Summer Camps Can Reopen With Restrictions
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“We are more than happy to provide childcare. It’s complicated. It’s not easy. But it’s our mission.”
What Parents Can Learn From Child Care Centers That Stayed Open During Lockdowns
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The Y, and New York City’s Department of Education, have been caring for tens of thousands of children during the pandemic. Neither has had reports of coronavirus clusters or outbreaks.
Education
As New York Reopens, State Offers $65 million To Child Care Providers
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$20 million will be available to help reopen and expand capacity for child care providers, and $45 million will be available to help pay for the cost of a newly opened classroom.
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Gillibrand Requests $50-Billion For ‘Unprecedented Child Care Crisis’
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“There’s just not enough availability for every kid that wants to be in day care to be in day care in most states today.”
Economy
Child Care Centers In PA: Bellwether For How Tricky It Will Be To Fully Reopen Economy
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“Going out there and saying ‘support your local economy’ is going to make you look bad if at the same time you are saying ‘put your kids in danger.’”
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For PA Parents Who Work Nights And Weekends, Study Finds Child Care Is Especially Difficult
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The organization Research for Action (RFA) estimates there are fewer than 50,000 available seats. In that same analysis, RFA found 150,000 families that likely need child care outside traditional hours.
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US Sen. Casey Of PA Urges ‘Transformative’ Investment In Child Care Subsidies
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People earning 150% of their state’s median income would be asked to spend no more than 7% of their personal income on child care.
NY Must Pay For Child Care Mandates, Lupardo Says
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New York is getting ready for big changes to child care regulations. New federal rules say child care centers have to start fingerprinting employees and increase requirements for background checks, training, and annual inspections, among other changes. State Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo expects the rules to take effect next year. She says they’re welcome but have a high price tag. “That’s something we’ve been wanting for a very long time, and we appreciate the federal government stepping in and basically saying, ‘You have to do this,’” she says. “The $90 million impact, however, is what’s a concern to us.”
“Presenteeism:” Child Care And The Workplace
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Picture this, working parents: a daycare center, right in the same building as your job. For most, it’s far-fetched. But Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. senator from New York, wants to change that. She’s introduced a bill to increase tax breaks for businesses that build onsite child care. Having child care at work could make a big difference for parents like Stephanie Walsh.