The following notice was received from the Boothbay Region YMCA: After looking over the weather report we will be closing the Boothbay Region YMCA and Child Enrichment Center at 4 p.m. today. Closing at 4 will allow staff, members, and participants.
"Every week I get another family leaving my center to find cheaper, more affordable care, and when they realize it doesn’t exist they choose to stay home," writes Nicole Flick.
(Moorhead, MN) A local child care provider is sharing some optimism after a meeting with regional centers and lawmakers late last week. Nicole Flick, the Owner and Operator of ABC 123 Child Enrichment Center in Dilworth, was one of the dozen providers who gathered in Fergus Falls on October 25th to share several concerns with the industry. Flick has been an outspoken
(Moorhead, MN) A Minnesota Child Care provider says rapid help for child care across the state is still needed going into 2024 and beyond. Minnesota passed HF 13 in February of 2023, which increases the reimbursement rates for providers in the Child Care Assistance Program. Prior to the passage of the bill, Minnesota was in the 40th percentile for infants and toddlers, and