(WIVB)–Childcare business owners we spoke with tell us they’ve been struggling to find basic cleaning supplies and even some food while they have to remain open. The other issue – as more families are staying home from work, so are their children. Because of this, some childcare owners are worried they’ll have to shut their […]
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Chicago weighing whether to offer free childcare to hospital workers, first-responders at schools
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is considering providing free childcare for healthcare workers and first-responders at schools, park district facilities and daycares that are near hospitals. While plans are still tentative, they could involve public workers, including teachers, voluntarily working six-hour shifts caring for no more than 10 children in a single room at a select […]
Riverside Daycare Worker, 73, Arrested for Sexual Assault Against Children
RIVERSIDE, Ca. – A 73-year-old daycare worker at a Riverside daycare was arrested for sexually assaulting as many as eight children. On March 18, 2020, at around 2:50 p.m. police responded to the 5000 blocks of Monte Carlo Court for the report of a sexual assault against a child. Officers were investigating a report of David Diaz, […]
BG Public Schools offers free child care for first responders, healthcare workers
Battle Ground Public Schools is offering free child care for the children of first responders and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 health crisis. Any child in the district in kindergarten through fourth grade is able to attend classes and activities between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. at either Captain Strong Primary School […]
Daycares Urged to Stay Open in Maryland Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
SALISBURY, Md. – Gov. Larry Hogan and state leaders announced Wednesday that public schools will remain closed through April 24th. The longer schools are closed in Maryland, the longer some families will need help from daycare centers. State leaders urged daycare centers to remain open for people working on the front lines of the pandemic. […]
An Epic donation: Local tech giant transforms former headquarters into daycare for COVID-19 frontline workers
MADISON (WKOW) — If you know the west side of Madison, chances are you know Epic’s former headquarters building tucked away on Tokay Boulevard. “We used it as office space for about 15 years,” said Sverre Roang with Epic Systems. “This was originally a school, so it’s kind of going back to the original use […]
COVID-19: State to close daycares except for children of essential workers
New Jersey daycare centers will no longer be open, except to care for the children of essential employees. On Wednesday, March 25, Gov. Phil Murphy issued an executive order requiring daycare and child care facilities to be open only for the children of health care workers, first responders, retail workers, and other essential employees who […]
Daycare launches Project Hope to help area seniors
Children decorated bags filled with food and crafts and gave them to the elderly and the seniors in the community. MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. — While many daycare facilities have closed due to the coronavirus shutdown Winnie the Pooh Daycare is open. The facility applied for and was granted a waiver based on the high number […]
NYC officials ask for help for daycares providing critical services during coronavirus crisis
City daycare operators who offer critical services to front line workers during the pandemic are caught between wanting to help and facing their own difficult financial reality. The daycare centers have government clearance to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic, and many provide critical childcare for essential workers — those in health care and first […]
Some parents not homeschooling during the coronavirus pandemic because it’s too stressful
(YAHOO/KAKE) – When Christine Tyler, a middle school teacher in Seattle, Washington, learned earlier this month that her children’s schools were closing due to the coronavirus, she made a choice right away: she would not homeschool her daughters. Their teachers aren’t providing remote learning classes, and developing a homeschool program felt like an unnecessary burden. It is interesting to note […]