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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
Farmington university’s child education program to include infants and toddlers
The building at 274 Front St. will be the home of the nationally accredited Sweatt-Winter Early Care and Education program.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
Farmington college gives sneak peak of new Sweatt-Winter building
With completion within arm's reach, the new Sweatt-Winter building at the University of Maine Farmington is looking to bring early child development to a new level.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2023
White House salutes child care investments by Maine and other states
Senate President Troy Jackson attended an event at the White House on Wednesday to celebrate state efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care as a means of lifting families out of poverty and strengthening local economies.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
Our View: Maine families need lawmakers to support child care industry
A new report shows that most Mainers have trouble finding affordable, high-quality child care. It's hurting everyone.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Lawmakers hear proposal to fix Maine’s broken child care system
The bill would tackle the state's child care shortage by increasing monthly stipends for child care workers and relax the income limits for families to apply for a state subsidy.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Commentary: Maine lawmakers, regulators made child care as expensive as it is today
The state needs to examine regulations rather than continue to throw money at an industry that is rapidly disappearing, to the detriment of Maine’s economy.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2023
Move on from COVID? Child care disruptions continue
A record 104,000 people missed work in October 2022 because of child care problems, surpassing early pandemic levels.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
University of Maine at Farmington’s new building on schedule
UMF's new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center slated to open in early summer.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2022
Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
Unless we can accept that access to child care is infrastructure, the nation’s child care crisis – and its attendant ills – will only worsen.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Child-care funding cliff nears, putting Maine families and facilities at risk
As pandemic relief dwindles, 'the workforce behind the workforce' worries about its ability to keep providing high-demand services without significant and sustained support.
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