Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks Monday outside Here We Grow Child Care Center in Cortland. Schumer visited Cortland to discuss the $1.8 billion New York will get for child-care centers as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Photo: Colin Spencer / Cortland Standard
May 05, 2021
Cortland Standard
To understand the importance of child care in a community, one could ask a parent, or perhaps a teacher. But perhaps one should ask an employer, too.
“The lack of affordable child care in our community has a direct and negative impact on the ability of our workforce to obtain and keep jobs,” Ames Linen President Johanna Ames wrote Monday in a letter read to Sen. Chuck Schumer in Cortland. “To advance and grow with a company, one must be consistently present. Many workers worry about availability of safe, reliable childcare and ultimately choose to exit the workforce because they could not obtain such care.”
Trustees working to make Windsor library more accessible to all
Barbara Ball, the library director of the Windsor Public Library, shelves books on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Windsor, Vt. The library is getting grant funding to build an indoor lift to make the basement which includes the children s section, meeting rooms and historic records handicap accessible ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Sherri Buckman, of Windsor, Vt., walks down the stairs after picking up her books from the Windsor Public Library on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the library is doing curbside pickup only. Buckman has volunteered at the library in the past. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.