New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line ..#childcare..#NewMexico https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/childcare-new-mexico-poverty
On Trump's plan to acquire Greenland:
"The White House is considering using our tax dollars to give $10,000 per year to every person in Greenland, per NYT"
"Greenlanders already have universal healthcare, free education, generous pensions, and childcare through Denmark. $10K a year wouldn't come close to covering those costs in the U.S."
(Brian McDonald's reply to unusual_whales on X. I don't go on Musk's sociopathic sans-serif swastika site myself, but pay attention if someone quotes something worthy... and this reply deserves to be spread far and wide, as yet another reminder of what's possible in truly civilized countries.)
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/childcare-new-mexico-poverty #NewMexico #Childcare #Children #Society #USnews #Money
Advocates of $10-a-day child care blast B.C. government
Advocates for the program said the recent provincial budget contained no increase in spending for the program and the government is not on track to meet its targets.
#politics #childcare #budget #BC #10adaychildcare
https://globalnews.ca/news/11124371/advocates-10-a-day-child-care-blast-bc-government/
Child protection failures appal parents of boy smacked at daycare
By Josie Taylor
Victoria allows people under investigation for abuse and assault to retain their working with children clearance. Parents and advocates say it's high time that changed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/push-to-reform-working-with-children-check-victoria/105145224
Missing out on childcare as a toddler can put you behind for years: study
By Conor Duffy and Alison Branley
New research shows educational disadvantage begins when children are as young as two if they can't access childcare. With about one quarter of the country living in "childcare deserts", experts are demanding more from both parties.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/federal-election-2025-child-care-deserts/105126094
More childcare horror stories exposed in massive document dump
By Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett
Some of the country's largest childcare operators are named in a damning cache of regulatory documents the NSW government and regulator tried to keep hidden from the public.
https://www.europesays.com/1971791/ Child care provider watches over health care employees’ children #america #ChelseaGesler #ChildCare #DayCare #Entertainment #health #HealthCare #KidKare #LoganHealth #provider #sports #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA
ICYMI
MCDOT is offering discounted parking permits to qualifying childcare workers within the downtown parking lot districts in #BethesdaMD, #SilverSpringMD
or #WheatonMD.
For more details and to fill out an application, please click here
https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=46840&Dept=50 #childcare #montgomerycountymd #parkingpermits #parking
A 'national spotlight' will be on these two electorates on election day
By Iris Zhao and Jason Fang
Two of Australia's marginal seats may have become "more marginal" after the recent redrawing of boundaries. The ABC visited the electorates ahead of the federal election to find out what issues some of those voters cared most about.
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$6M revamp to Brandon community hub to include 62 child-care spaces
The Park Community Centre will receive $6 million in funding toward a redevelopment project, which will include a licensed, non-profit child-care facility with 62 new spaces.
#money #childcare #community #building #Brandon #Politics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11113903/brandon-park-community-centre-redevelopment/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1516/ ‘Brightest star’ toddler died after choking on pea in horror creche incident #Childcare #Inquests #Ireland #News #World
Yeah
Also, which countries (just in Europe?) have 4 years of tag-team parental leave through to pre-K?
Free post-secondary #tuition
Fully funded #k12
Free #school lunch programs for all
Free before and after school #childcare
No for-profit k12 or post-secondary schools
This isn't brain surgery! It's the political will to tax the rich!
25% wealth tax/year, dropping to 5% when they're down to $78m
'It's a disaster': As Hamilton mom faces long waitlists, child care is top of mind this federal election
Shruti Bangera would be all for the Liberal government's national child-care program — if only she could take advantage of it. But so far, the Hamilton mom has had no luck finding a spot for her 15-month-old son.
#childcare #politics #election #government #Ontario #Hamilton
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/election-issue-child-care-1.7499140?cmp=rss
The perfect election issue is being overlooked by most politicians
By Adele Ferguson
At some point, the major political parties will have to confront the failures in Australia’s early childhood education and care system head on.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/childcare-centres-sector-commission-greens-pledge/105121508
The perfect election issue is being overlooked by most politicians
By Adele Ferguson
At some point, the major political parties will have to confront the failures in Australia’s early childhood education and care system head on.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/childcare-centres-sector-commission-greens-pledge/105121508
Midway between Nashville and Atlanta lies Chattanooga, TN—a city creatively turning empty public school classrooms into much-needed child care.
These micro-centers cater to the children of school staff, serving as an innovative solution to a prevalent issue.
"It’s worth noting that, while governments have an obsession with efficiency, it’s still limited solely to cost-cutting. There seems to be little interest in, for instance, making access to #welfare payments more efficient, or #healthcare, or #childcare, as any parent who has battled on their laptop deep into the night trying to conquer the tax-free childcare scheme knows. No, efficiency is only important when attempting to immediately maximise profit."
