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What’s Working: Ballot measures in three locations could help rural women bring home the bacon
Voters in rural Colorado will consider measures to levy lodging taxes for child care to help working families. Plus: More union efforts at Casas Bonita, Colorado’s ‘coolest thing’ and more! Coloradans in three rural communities are being asked to vote on ballot measures designed to help the half of Colorado’s workforce weathering the dual responsibilities… Read more
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Wages, costs take center stage of candidate forum on child care
MADISON (WKOW) – Candidates for elected office articulated their vision for how to reform and support the child care industry to keep more centers from closing during a Thursday night forum at the Sensory Zone on Madison’s northside. Mother Forward, an advocacy organization around the issues of accessible child care and paid family leave, hosted the… Read more
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OPINION: I’m a pediatrician. Children need high-quality care by loving, attentive adults
Young children are happier and healthier when they are well cared for by loving, attentive adults. Sometimes that’s one parent alone, but more often it’s a village. The child care crisis, however, has made that village much harder to find. The past five years have seen a decrease in the availability of child care programs. Over the… Read more
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American moms feel like Kamala Harris “gets” them
When Judy Schramm, a mother of five who lives in Fairfax, Virginia, heard Vice President Kamala Harris was running for president, she felt “so excited.” “I wasn’t expecting to be,” Schramm said. “I have been feeling so down over the past few years seeing the country sliding backward and watching women lose one right after another.” But… Read more
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Local mom seeks to launch Mitchell chapter of Mothering Forward
MITCHELL — “Anything is better than nothing,” says Ethan resident RiAnna Kalovsky, who is rallying other struggling parents to address the local childcare crisis. Kalovsky, a mother of two, is taking her concerns about childcare to the next level. She’s working to establish a local chapter of Mothering Forward, a national organization dedicated to addressing… Read more
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Durango announces partnership to relocate Tri-County Head Start
La Plata Economic Development Alliance receives $55,000 for child care needs assessment. Durango resident and mother of two Heather Haaland made several appearances during public comment periods at recent City Council meetings to ask for action. She has two sons, a 3½-year-old turning 4 in September and a 12-week-old as of June 18. Her oldest… Read more
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