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The lack of funding for Oregon’s child care assistance program, also known as the Employment Related Day Care program, is "devastating," advocates say.

Oregon’s child care assistance program, also known as the Employment Related Day Care program, will pause enrollment and open a waitlist for Oregon families seeking to access child care benefits

If you think the Mendenhall Mall is dead, you haven’t been there lately.

Governor Kate Brown this week signed House Bill 4005, the $100 million child care investment package, at Bloom Children's Center in Bend. The Governor was joined by child care providers, early learning advocates, Early Learning Division Director Alyssa Chatterjee, Senator Tim Knopp, and Representative Jason Kropf. The Governor also thanked the Children's Institute, Family Forward Oregon, Oregon AFSCME, Imagine Black, Oregon Association for Education of Young Children, PCUN, Seeding Jus...

During a visit to Bend on Tuesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown ceremonially signed a bill that will increase the amount the state pays to subsidize daycare for low-income working parents.