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Texas County launches project to solve a daycare desert
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (310+ words) HOUSTON, Mo. (KY3) - According to the University of Missouri, Missouri businesses lose $951 million a year from employee absenteeism and turnover due to a lack of childcare. Kids Win Missouri is an organization working with 17 counties to initiate studies on these issues…...
Gov. officials, including new mayor Mamdani, unveil free child care plan in New York City
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (591+ words) The two Democrats announced the proposals at a celebratory event in Brooklyn, with Hochul and Mamdani casting the initiative as a transformative step toward easing the city's notoriously high cost of living. "This is the day that everything changes," Hochul…...
Study: In some cities, full-time infant care rivals a second housing payment - KY3
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (56+ words) Study: In some cities, full-time infant care rivals a second housing payment'KY3 Study: In some cities, full-time infant care rivals a second housing payment Trump issues first two vetoes of his second term The DOJ is still reviewing more than…...
New Mexico becomes first U.S. state to offer free universal child care to all families: ‘It can be done’
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (242+ words) (Gray News) " New Mexico will become the first state in the U.S. to guarantee free universal child care. According to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the new initiative will begin Nov. 1. The initiative fulfills a promise made by the governor…...
Community Partnership of the Ozarks launches new early childhood hub
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (284+ words) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - Community Partnership of the Ozarks (CPO) announced an exciting new partnership with the Darr Family Foundation to launch a family-focused early childhood hub at the O'Reilly Center for Hope. This innovative effort will expand services…...
Mother horrified after 9-year-old son with autism eats handfuls of gravel at school
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (782+ words) DONIPHAN, Mo. (KAIT/Gray News) - A Missouri mother wants accountability after her 9-year-old son, who has autism, ate handfuls of pea gravel while at school. Candice Whitlow's 9-year-old son has autism and is nonverbal. She says he needs constant supervision…...