/tags/childcare Childcare en-US Copyright Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:23:48 GMT /education/2024-07-08/nc-lawmakers-emergency-child-care-funding-centers-open Advocates for early childhood education have long warned of a looming funding cliff as federal COVID-19 relief to the child care industry expired in June. State lawmakers passed a stop gap measure to help keep child care centers open. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:23:48 GMT /education/2024-07-08/nc-lawmakers-emergency-child-care-funding-centers-open Liz Schlemmer /politics/2024-06-27/nc-legislature-child-care-funding-noncitizen-voting The legislature adjourned its “short session” Thursday without approving a budget plan for the state’s billion-dollar revenue surplus. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:49:42 GMT /politics/2024-06-27/nc-legislature-child-care-funding-noncitizen-voting Colin Campbell /education/2024-06-20/child-care-crisis-parents-telework-north-carolina Faced with unaffordable or inaccessible child care options, tens of thousands of North Carolina parents have turned to caring for their children while at work. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:48:56 GMT /education/2024-06-20/child-care-crisis-parents-telework-north-carolina Liz Schlemmer /education/2024-05-23/childcare-centers-close-rates-increase-north-carolina-stabilization-grants Many working parents struggle to afford child care, and the situation could get worse very soon. Federal COVID-19 relief funds that helped child care providers raise salaries to keep teachers are set to run out. Most providers plan to charge families more. Thu, 23 May 2024 19:29:59 GMT /education/2024-05-23/childcare-centers-close-rates-increase-north-carolina-stabilization-grants Liz Schlemmer /politics/2024-04-17/mark-robinson-nonprofit-election-dhhs-financial-issues-nc While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign for governor, she told a state agency a different story. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:19:11 GMT /politics/2024-04-17/mark-robinson-nonprofit-election-dhhs-financial-issues-nc Colin Campbell /politics/2024-04-02/staff-shortages-child-care-mental-health-facilities-nc-lawmakers-funding State health officials told a legislative oversight committee Tuesday that more money will be needed to fix critical staffing and financial shortfalls facing North Carolina's childcare and mental health facilities. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:21:42 GMT /politics/2024-04-02/staff-shortages-child-care-mental-health-facilities-nc-lawmakers-funding Colin Campbell /podcast/embodied-podcast/2021-10-01/24-hour-childcare-center-workers-essential-children-parent-overnight-daycare Anita learns daycare for children can continue well into the night thanks to facilities open around the clock meeting the needs of parents working nontraditional hours. Two 24-hour care providers take her into their day-to-day operations and discuss the unique bonds they form with the families they work for. Plus a single mom shares her story of relying on a 24-hour facility to help meet her needs. Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:33:21 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2021-10-01/24-hour-childcare-center-workers-essential-children-parent-overnight-daycare Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /business-economy/2021-08-19/manufacturers-lack-affordable-childcare-hiring-business-leaders-24hr-daycare The pandemic has put the childcare industry in crisis. Leaders at the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce say local manufacturers are keenly aware of the need. Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:07:06 GMT /business-economy/2021-08-19/manufacturers-lack-affordable-childcare-hiring-business-leaders-24hr-daycare Liz Schlemmer /news/2021-05-12/north-carolinas-child-care-industry-still-reeling-from-covid-setbacks The child care industry was hit severely by the COVID-19 pandemic. One-third of childcare jobs were lost in 2020. One in six jobs still have not returned to the field, causing a severe shortage in child care providers. Wed, 12 May 2021 19:17:38 GMT /news/2021-05-12/north-carolinas-child-care-industry-still-reeling-from-covid-setbacks Gracyn Doctor /race-demographics/2020-12-11/embodied-child-free-not-childless There will be no COVID baby boom in the United States. In fact, a decrease in childbirth is expected, with existential fear prevailing over hormones and… Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:09:19 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-11/embodied-child-free-not-childless Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao