Updated May 11
Bill seeks to boost Maine’s child care system and workforce
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau s measure would devote $5 million a year to boost training and pay for child care workers.
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Owners and operators of child care centers across Maine urged lawmakers Tuesday to support a bill that would allocate $5 million a year to easing the child care shortage, and boosting wages and training for early childhood educators.
Jordyn Rossignol, who runs Miss Jordyn’s Child Care and Preschool in Caribou, told legislators of one employee with a degree in early childhood education who left for a job at a hardware store because she couldn’t support herself working in the field.
Bill seeks to boost Maine’s child care system and workforce
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau s measure would devote $5 million a year to boost training and pay for child care workers.
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Owners and operators of child care centers across Maine urged lawmakers Tuesday to support a bill that would allocate $5 million a year to easing the child care shortage, and boosting wages and training for early childhood educators.
Jordyn Rossignol, who runs Miss Jordyn’s Child Care and Preschool in Caribou, told legislators of one employee with a degree in early childhood education who left for a job at a hardware store because she couldn’t support herself working in the field.