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Community briefs for the Helena area

Here s what s happening with people in your community. ....

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Kids Fund makes donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters

The donation will go directly to serve the children of Northwest Montana to provide professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring. ....

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How I transformed my extra room into online clothes shop

She studied Information Technology and Beautician courses before dropping out of school due to financial reasons. ....

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Chamber of Commerce: Business is buzzing around town

With holiday shopping in full force, Helenans are out shopping and finding their gifts and treasures among the great stores in the Capital City. ....

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Child care crisis: Lawmakers introduce bill to increase ratios, some call it unsafe

How many children is too many for a child care provider to manage?
A bill to increase ratios of children to staff in licensed child care programs came before the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Safety Committee last week. Proponents and opponents of Senate Bill 142 agreed that solutions are needed to address Montana s shortage of affordable child care, but opponents said increasing the number of children in programs without adding more staff could endanger children.Â
The bill would increase the number of children allowed in a licensed family day care home from the current range of three to six children with one caregiver to a maximum of 10 children. It would also increase ratios in group day care homes from a range of seven to 12 children with two caregivers to 11 to 20 children with the same staffing. ....

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