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Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Primrose Schools, the leader in high-quality early education and care, celebrated the opening of its 450 th school on April 29, kicking off a busy year of expansion for the company in the greater Washington metropolitan area. Throughout 2021, five fully accredited Primrose schools are scheduled to open across D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland – a 60 percent increase in the D.C. metropolitan market – as the critical need for high-quality early education and care continues post-pandemic and the daycare industry rebounds with the help of recent government support. Franchise Owners Saniya Dhala and Zahra Isani, Primrose Schools CEO Jo Kirchner, and Arlington County Board Vice-Chair Katie Cristol cut the ribbon for Primrose School of Arlington. ....
ECEC Applauds Passage of the American Rescue Plan News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Yesterday, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law. ARPA is a sweeping COVID-19 pandemic relief package providing over $42 billion in direct relief funds to the child care industry, including $24 billion to stand up a child care stabilization fund, $15 billion through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program and $3.5 billion in mandatory funding through the Child Care Entitlement to the States. In addition to direct relief, the package also includes $1 billion for Head Start programs and robust one-year expansions of three critical tax relief programs the Child Tax Credit, the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and Dependent Care FSAs. ....
Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today the Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) issued a joint letter confirming that the nation s largest child care providers will work towards ensuring all child care center teachers and staff have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it s available. They also are calling on state and local regulatory bodies to classify teachers as frontline workers so that they are prioritized to receive the vaccine. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the nation, our communities and specifically the child care sector. Those that do remain open are operating with lower capacity and heightened health and safe protocols, making it more challenging than ever for working families to find childcare. ....
Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Late Sunday night, the House and Senate passed their latest COVID-19 economic relief package, which includes $10 billion in emergency funding for the all child care providers through the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, regardless of whether they have subsidy contracts with the state. The measure ensures equitable access by providers, and an expansion of the allowable uses of funds to include operating expenses and fixed costs so providers may use them for their most pressing needs, which may vary across states, localities and companies. Through the passage of this bill, members of Congress have demonstrated strong bipartisan support for the child care sector, and a clear recognition of the essential role child care providers play in our nation s economic recovery, said Jo Kirchner, Board Co-Chair of the Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) and CEO of Primrose Schools. ....