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‘A perfect storm’: Abuse, neglect increasing in Kentucky child care centers
Making headlines recently, Madison County prosecutors have charged nine people with child abuse — allegedly hitting children ...
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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working
With most of the federal government's pandemic relief money for child care now spent ... who owns and runs iKids Childhood Enrichment Center in Benton, Ky. "Any of my teachers who have children ...
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One in five Ky. child care centers say they may close when federal funding runs out
AT SIX. GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE ONE IN FIVE OF KENTUCKY’S CHILD CARE CENTERS ARE IN DANGER OF CLOSING WHEN FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY RUNS OUT. THE FINDINGS OF A ...
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Horizons Act seeks to rescue and improve child care in Kentucky
YOU MIGHT RECALL DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC THAT A PERFECT STORM OF EVENTS, THE LABOR SHORTAGE, INFLATION NEARLY SHUT DOWN MANY OF KENTUCKY’S CHILD CARE CENTERS. FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY SAVED ...
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Kentucky found a solution to its day care worker shortage. Other states could follow suit
The child care sector is hurting for workers ... Jennifer Washburn owns iKids Childhood Enrichment Center. JENNIFER WASHBURN: In Benton, Ky. We're in far-away western Kentucky.
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Federal funding available to open new child care centers in Kentucky
secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. "It's really kind of neat. We're supporting entrepreneurship and we're supporting building new child care centers because we need to.
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Kentucky child care centers could be forced to raise tuition, study finds
And more than 20% said they would permanently close their child care center. "As Kentucky rapidly approaches a funding cliff caused by the end of federal American Rescue Plan funding, time is of ...
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Here's how much the average price of child care costs in Kentucky, Indiana
LOUISVILLE, Ky ... child care industry, but that relief ended in September 2023. As a result, many states have stepped in with their own solutions instead. The National Women’s Law Center ...
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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working
To woo workers, Kentucky made child care free for child care workers. It's been an effective way to keep child care centers open and staffed. Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care ...
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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It's working
Melissa Colagrosso, founder of A Place to Grow child care center in Oak Hill, W.Va., hopes her state will follow Kentucky's lead in making child care free for child care employees. (Andrea Hsu ...
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Kentucky had an outside-the-box idea to fix child care worker shortages. It’s working
Melissa Colagrosso, founder of A Place to Grow child care center in Oak Hill, W.Va., hopes her state will follow Kentucky's lead in making child care free for child care employees. Andrea Hsu ...