Delaware Crunching the Numbers on Child Care Investment Rates: Is Support on the Way for Providers?
As we have written about in the past, the rates at which Delaware funds child care remain too low for providers to support quality—let alone to cover basic costs required to operate, like paying staff, rising wages and costs, driven by minimum wage increases and inflation.
Delaware has long relied on a "market rate" study to set those...
Delaware Business Roundtable Urges Next Governor to Invest in Early Education
The Delaware Business Roundtable recently released its Delaware Investment Agenda, a series of priorities and recommendations focused on investing long-term to build Delaware’s economy—with a particular focus on collaboration across siloes and sectors. The 2016 Growth Agenda informed the creation of the Delaware Prosperity...
Delaware Adopts Some New Federal Child Care Rules and Commits to Child Care Rate Increase
UPDATED: March 20, 2024. Click here for an official announcement from Gov. John Carney and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.
When it comes to funding Purchase of Care, the state subsidy that helps families cover child care tuition, about 30 percent comes from federal dollars funneled through the U.S. Department of...
Delaware Advances Early Literacy Initiatives
We often hear that children learn to read and then they read to learn—with this transition happening at a critical point in third grade. And we know that we as a state can do more to enable children to read to learn and reach their full potential.
In recent years, the issue has gotten even more attention for a few reasons. A greater...