City of Boise Offers Incentive Pay for Local Child Care Providers

Submitted by Idaho AEYC on Wed, 07/20/2022 - 10:47
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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.

“Childcare providers are vital to the health of our workforce and our economy,” said Mayor McLean. “When the pandemic hit our community, the childcare industry was severely impacted. I am proud to partner with Idaho AEYC to support our childcare workforce. Investing in quality, affordable childcare is a direct investment in our community.”

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In face of childcare crisis, collaborative group seeks solutions

Submitted by Idaho AEYC on Wed, 07/06/2022 - 15:40
Teton County

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.

Building Blocks is the only licensed daycare facility in Teton County that still offers care to children under two. In the Idaho Stars Quality Rating System, it is a Step Two provider, and accepts the Idaho Child Care Program financial assistance for families who are unable to pay the full cost of childcare. The facility currently has a seven-page, multi-year waitlist of parents seeking daycare.

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Idaho AEYC's Child and Family Connections is a program created to provide information and resources for early educators, families, and communities throughout Idaho. Working together, we can support the success of all children.

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The Basin (Idaho City) Early Learning Collaborative is a group of stakeholders in our community from the Basin School District in Idaho City who are working with families and county government leaders to prepare our children for Kindergarten.

Through early intervention with our program, we have seen an increase in reading and literacy scores in our school aged children. Over the last 20 years, children in our community who have participated in preschool were far more likely to be in dual college credit classes and pursue post secondary educational options.

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