Minnesota families are waiting months for child care assistance as scholarship and CCAP waitlists surge. Delayed support leaves parents without affordable, stable early learning options.
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Lifeline for Black student parents at risk
Last month, Senator Tammy Duckworth and Representative Katherine Clark reintroduced the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act to keep the program running through 2031 and increase its funding to $500 million annually. CCAMPIS is designed to help low-income student parents cover the cost of child care. It can fund on-campus or […]
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Child care crisis heats up over high costs, low wages
Child care workers in Minnesota are struggling to afford the high costs of child care, with the state’s wage statistics revealing that Black or African American workers make up 13% of the workforce in child care, and the federal funding freeze has threatened the funding for child care assistance.
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Child care should be deemed essential
Compensation for child care teachers and providers, overwhelmingly women and women of color, has barely inched up.