child care

The new 10 classroom facility near Cooks Corner is a partnership between the Bath Area Family YMCA, Bath Iron Works, and the U.S. Navy. It provides up to 120 priority spots for employees at the shipyard, who build warships for the Navy.

Half of the spots would be reserved for Portland municipal workers.

Child care advocates in Maine are calling on state legislators to reject Governor Janet Mills' proposed cuts to child care wage supports and to the Head Start program.

More than a dozen child care centers across the state closed for at least part of the day Tuesday so educators and families could protest proposed cuts to childcare stipends.

The office said exhaust from a propane-powered saw likely infiltrated Building Blocks Learning Center through the building's air ducts.

The progressive leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates that the $30 million cut proposed by governor Janet Mills will reduce the average earnings for nearly 7,500 child care workers by $4,000 over two years.

A newly renovated building in Bangor will bring housing and childcare assistance under one roof.

The Catholic Foundation of Maine today announced a new endowment to help parents enrolled in a certificate or degree program pay for child care.

The top four floors of the six-story building would house 60 apartments, with 80% designated as affordable. The bottom floors would be the home of the service provider, Youth & Family Outreach, and provide childcare and pre-K to 110 children.

The two-year pilot program, which goes into effect this month, is one of several childcare initiatives included in a state budget deal last year.