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Hefty cigarette taxes cut smoking big-time. But there's a downside for children

Jenny Gold

September 20, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

First 5 — a group of public agencies created by California’s Proposition 10 tobacco tax — provide funding for preschools, homeless family housing, pediatric dental and mental health care and infant-mother home visits to help parents in need. Home visit groups funded by First 5, like Welcome Baby, serve more than 15,000 families a year and provide necessary supplies like cribs and car seats as well as check-ins for child development.

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Could access to child care be the key to helping parents clear arrest warrants?

Barbara Rodriguez

June 08, 2023 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States, Pontiac, Michigan

Lawyers, clerks, and judges are voluntarily hosting warrant clinics around the United States to help people address active warrants for their arrest — typically small traffic violations and misdemeanors. The clinics offer childcare, too, which is a common barrier for parents looking to address warrants.

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Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

Emily Tate Sullivan

March 27, 2023 |

EdSurge News |

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Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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The Coworking Space Putting Black Moms' Startup Dreams First

Oscar Perry Abello

March 07, 2023 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

A coworking space in Baltimore focuses on making it easier for Black mom entrepreneurs to grow their businesses by offering affordable, on-site babysitting.

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How Home-Based Care Could Fix the Rural Childcare Drought

Anne Vilen

March 07, 2023 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Leaders in North Carolina’s Transylvania County are investing in home-based childcare by creating a network of caregivers and providing them with financial and technical assistance. The program gives parents affordable options in a rural community where it can be hard to find openings at childcare facilities.

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As Outdoor Preschools Gain Traction, States Work to Unlock Funding

Leigh Giangreco

January 03, 2023 |

Pew Charitable Trusts |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Parents are enrolling children in outdoor preschool programs where most of the schooling happens outdoors as an alternative to traditional preschools.

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Lack of child care forced her to delay cancer treatment. Then this Dallas group stepped in.

Ciara McCarthy, Isaac Windes

November 19, 2022 |

Fort Worth Star-Telegram |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Annie’s Place is a childcare center on the Parkland Health and Hospital System campus that provides free, drop-in childcare to Parkland patients and backup childcare for Parkland staff. Run by the nonprofit Mommies In Need, Annie’s Place makes it possible for patients to get the care they need, whether it be simple check-ups or chemotherapy, by providing an affordable, easily accessible childcare option.

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Care, a responsibility shared by the public and private sectors

Mónica Quesada Cordero

October 29, 2022 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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Response Location: Costa Rica

The Win Win Win Program works to provide quality early childhood development and care services through a co-payment system where both the companies and parents buy in to help manage costs and increase access to childcare for children 4-years-old and under.

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Cleveland Water replaces 100% of lead service lines to day care centers; interior work remains

Owen MacMillan, Brie Camp

September 06, 2022 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Water has inspected water lines at the 445 state-licensed local childcare facilities built before 1953 to check for lead contamination since July 2021. Over half the inspected facilities were found to have lead-contaminated service lines and Cleveland Water replaced every single one of them and also provided educational water safety resources to childcare providers to ensure the water used in the facilities remains safe.

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District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work

Grant Pepper

September 03, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

A latchkey program made possible by a variety of community support provides a place for elementary students to be cared for before and after school if their parents cannot drop them off or pick them up at the designated times.

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