Tag: purchase of care
We Shouldn’t Depend on Market Rate Studies to Fund Early Learning
March 15th, 2021
The child care industry across the nation is in dire peril. In Delaware, the situation is just as grim. Advocates are rallying around the state’s budgetary process in hopes of increasing state investments to save struggling providers. Even before COVID-19—which caused havoc by raising costs while lowering enrollment—early child care...VIEW ARTICLE
Why Delaware Should Update How it Funds Child Care
Early Childhood Education, Funding and Equity
December 18th, 2020
Affordable child care is an evergreen issue that predates COVID-19. But as we wrote in September, the pandemic forced many child care centers to severely limit their enrollment or close their doors entirely. Delaware’s child care centers have relied on federal CARES funding to support centers and families through “enhanced”...VIEW ARTICLE