Tag: delaware child care
Tragic Child Care Incidents: Wake-Up Call for Delaware
March 18th, 2024
Although Delaware has some of the strongest licensing policies in terms of what types of child care are required to be licensed (almost no program is exempt) and what the requirements are for the workforce, several incidents of injury and even death of children have occurred in recent years. These include murder, smothering, physical abuse...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Crunching the Numbers on Child Care Investment Rates: Is Support on the Way for Providers?
March 15th, 2024
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...VIEW ARTICLE
As Child Care Crisis Rages On, Fewer Children Are Being Served. How?
November 16th, 2021
For years, Delaware families have struggled to find affordable, quality child care. Of the approximately 60,000 children in Delaware from zero to five, only a small portion are being served by state-supported programs. The result? Only about half of Delaware children enter kindergarten with a preschool experience. Research shows that children...VIEW ARTICLE