Researchers say well-being issues were most common among boys and children between five and 11 years old.
As 2025 comes to an end, two new programs are being introduced to help child care providers make the most out of New Hampshire’s Child Care Scholarship Program: presumptive eligibility and prospective payments. The scholarship program helps eligible New Hampshire families pay for child care by providing direct payments for care to qualified early childhood […]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and the New Hampshire congressional delegation announced Tuesday that 17 grantees received over $9 million in federal funding for child care, health care, infrastructure development, and outdoor recreation. The funding is from the Northern Border Regional Commission, a federal-state partnership aimed at economic and community development within New Hampshire, Maine, New York, […]
New Hampshire’s Executive Council approved a contract to continue funding the “Get the Lead Out of Drinking Water” program for child care facilities on Wednesday. Since 2018, the state has required schools and licensed child care programs to test for lead in drinking water outlets, including fountains, classroom sinks, and kitchen fixtures. If lead levels […]
At first glance, The Growing Years Early Childhood Center in Manchester doesn’t look like it’s financially struggling. The parking lot is full, and the hallways are loud with the sounds of infants and playing toddlers. But the main hall leads to an empty classroom because Kitty Larochelle, the center’s executive director, can’t afford what’s necessary […]
Harrisburg, Pa. — Yesterday, the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Women hosted a virtual discussion between business and government leaders and child care advocates about Pennsylvania’s child care crisis, which has forced many parents to leave the workforce due to the lack of access to affordable, quality child care.
It has been months since New Hampshire passed its state budget, and the status of $15 million appropriated for child care employers remains a point of confusion, including for lawmakers. During the two-year budget process earlier this year, Gov. Kelly Ayotte proposed a series of spending reductions due to declining tax revenues. Among the cuts […]
New Hampshire has a child care workforce shortage, and it is looking to its community colleges to address one part of that issue: the development pipeline. For Diana Menard, the department chair of education and child and family services at New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, the shift in early education happened almost a decade […]
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she is “deeply committed” to pushing for state investments in child care amid ongoing funding obstacles and workforce shortages. During a forum on investing in child care Thursday in Manchester, Ayotte told child care advocates, stakeholders, and business owners that despite the “challenging budget environment,” New Hampshire remains committed to the […]