Childcare
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For New Hampshire’s child advocate, budget cut means smaller team and bigger worries
Cassandra Sanchez, New Hampshire’s child advocate, saw her team shrink nearly by half this month. When New Hampshire’s state budget went into effect July 1, so too did a major cut to the Office of the Child Advocate.
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Opinion: Be a child care voter this year
Moms know that child care is a life-shaping issue for their own families. Many are at risk of being forced onto public assistance if they can’t find the affordable care that makes it possible for them to stay in the workforce. But too many moms don’t know which candidates support the solutions they need.
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Harris wants to cap child care costs and expand the child tax credit. Trump’s solution? Tariffs.
Harris has proposed capping families’ child care costs to 7% of their income and offering families of newborns up to $6,000 in the first year of the child’s life. Trump, on the other hand, has focused on tariffs as a solution to the child care crisis, despite evidence showing they would only raise costs for…
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VIDEO: Kelly Ayotte’s Role in Alleged YDC Abuse Cover Up
WATCH: Kelly Ayotte, the Republican frontrunner for New Hampshire governor, is under fire again. Recently, a video of her opposing same-sex marriage went viral. Now, allegations have resurfaced accusing her of covering up investigations into abuses at the Sununu Youth Development Center while she was the attorney general from 2004 to 2009. Fellow Republicans are…
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100,000 families to see lower child care costs under new Biden policy
Under the new regulations, child care copayments will be capped at 7% of a family’s income for those participating in certain federal child care programs, applications for these programs will be made more accessible, and child care providers will receive some much needed support.
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Rep. Kuster introduces bill to tackle New Hampshire’s childcare worker shortage
Congresswoman Annie Kuster is taking aim at New Hampshire’s childcare crisis with the introduction of the Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act. The bipartisan bill focuses on bolstering the availability of childcare workers, a critical concern for New Hampshire working families. “We are facing a full-blown child care crisis here in New Hampshire and all across…
