The deadline to apply for the first round of child care expansion grants from the Idaho Workforce Development Council is Aug. 1, and council Executive Director Wendi Secrist expects the $15 million in available funding this fiscal year to quickly disappear.
City of Boise Offers Incentive Pay for Local Child Care Providers
Beginning August 1, 2022, two thousand childcare providers and workers licensed in Boise will be eligible to apply for a one-time payment of $1,500. The Childcare Incentive Pay program accounts for $3 million of the $34 million in American Rescue Plan funding that is being directed into the community to serve Boiseans who have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications are scheduled to be open August 1 – 31, and checks will be issued October through November.
In face of childcare crisis, collaborative group seeks solutions
In April of 2022, Building Blocks Early Learning Center owner Adrianna Green, who rents her facility on Little Avenue in Driggs, learned that the owner wanted to sell the property. She was told that the future owner would honor her lease, which expires at the end of the 2023 school year.
After funding loss, nonprofit group aims to boost early childhood education
Wood River Women’s Foundation teams up with Idaho AEYC to Start the Wood River Early Learning Collaborative.
By Tony Tekaroniake Evans | Idaho Mountain Express
Charitable organizations are stepping up to fill a gap in education funding resulting from political wrangling over early-childhood education in Idaho.
To solve the child care crisis, we need understanding. Now is the time to build it.
Guest Opinion by Beth Oppenheimer | Idaho Statesman
Can’t find child care in Boise area? Rates are up, centers are closing. What to know
Rachel Spacek | Idaho Statesman
Early Education Advocates and Partners Gather for Early Learning Day at the Capitol
On Wednesday, February 23, early education organizations from across the state gathered in the Idaho Statehouse for Early Learning Day, an event organized by the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC), to share the work being done to enhance early childhood education within their communities.
Idaho's children and their families deserve real leadership from our legislators
By Beth Oppenheimer | Opinion on Idaho Statesman
Treasure Valley parents struggling to secure child care amid daycare staffing shortages
Struggling to find affordable child care? You're not alone.
Finding and securing child care in the Treasure Valley is a lot easier said than done. Many parents are on year-long waitlists, in part, due to staffing shortages.
Read the entire article on KIVI Channel 6.
Federal Aid is Propping Up Child Care. It Isn't a Long Term Fix.
By Sophie Quinton | Updated January 12, 2022 | Stateline Pew Trusts
Photo: Elaine Thompson | Associated Press
Federal COVID-19 relief dollars for child care providers will continue to flow through the states this year, cheered by both Republican and Democratic governors who say parents need affordable child care to get back to work.