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Minnesota families and child care providers scramble

Minnesota families and child care providers scramble as federal funds hang in balance

In the days since the Trump administration announced it would freeze federal child care payments to Minnesota amid an alleged fraud investigation, fear and confusion have spread almost as fast as the viral video that launched the scandal.

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How the Trump administration's freeze on child care funding will affect families

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Minnesota faces funding deadline after Trump administration freezes child care payments

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Trump unleashes Minnesota fraud crackdown as feds freeze nearly 7,000 borrowers over $400m scam

The Trump administration has suspended 6,900 borrowers over suspected Covid loan fraud involving roughly $400 million of taxpayer funds in Minnesota.

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Minnesota fraud scandal suggests free child care doesn’t work: Mary Katharine Ham

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Minnesota child care centers accused of wrongdoing were operating as expected, report says

KSTP-TV

Family child care providers raise alarm at listening session about proposed licensing requirements

Family child care providers say the future of their profession is on the line. The Department of Human Services in April released updated licensing standards for both family child care providers and child care centers. The state agency is now holding ...

Twin Cities Business

Child Care Providers Remain Optimistic Despite Industry in Crisis

Less than half of Minnesota family child care providers and roughly 60% of child care centers are optimistic about the future of their businesses. The kicker? It’s the best outlook the industry has reported in years. Child care enrollment has largely ...

EdSource

We must take better care of our home-based child care providers

I retired from the practice of family child care last December after 29 years. That same month, I attended a funeral for Deanna Robles, an amazing family child care provider and early care and education advocate who was 53 years old. In January, I attended ...

Yahoo

Family Child Care Providers See Gains Under Vermont’s New Child Care Law

Chelsea Chase’s house sits on a rural road in Vermont, four miles from interstate 91. A row of cubbies filled with children’s snow boots and coats near the door, under a carport. In the background, Mt. Ascutney lies in full view from the five-acre lot ...

Post-Bulletin

Southeast Minnesota child care providers are frustrated as more requirements loom

Local providers, including in-home family care and child care centers, are asking the Minnesota Department of Human Services to better sort through the problem-solving process of new draft standards, including slowing down the process and listening to ...

WBUR

Family child care is vital, but declining. Massachusetts is reversing the trend

When working parents search for child care, one popular option is to send little ones to a center with educators and classrooms. An alternative is family child care, which caters to a small group of children based in a provider’s home. This type of care ...

CNN

America’s child care problem is about to get a lot worse. Here’s why

Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a wonderful experience there, learning his letters, numbers ...

San Diego Union-Tribune

‘Historic’ California child care deal slashes ‘family fees,’ promises rate overhaul. Here’s what it means for families and providers

Child care providers across California are voting on an agreement some advocates are hailing as “transformative” for the beleaguered industry. The state has promised and set deadlines to overhaul its reimbursement model for providers of subsidized care ...