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CROWHEART—Before hosting a meeting in the kitchen of her family’s ranch, Casey Sedlack switched on a Disney movie for her two youngest children, ages 3 and 5.

CROWHEART—Before hosting a meeting in the kitchen of her family’s ranch, Casey Sedlack switched on a Disney movie for her two youngest children, ages 3 and 5.

Wyoming qualifies as a childcare desert, with a 34 percent gap between the needs of families and the number of daycare centers available. To help the problem, Wyoming legislators are considering a bill that would lift restrictions on how many families a nanny can serve.

A Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court judge has ruled that two high-end real estate developers knowingly sold condos to out-of-province investors, even though they were aware St. John’s zoning laws didn’t allow that use.

As parents scramble to find a place to put their kids over the summer break, the need for more childcare becomes apparent.We talked to the Boys and Girls Club about the impact the childcare gap has on our community and how they have seen the need for childcare increase.

Perth theatre lovers will be treated to a rare performance of 'The York Realist', a beautiful, heart-breaking gay love story.

Childcare has been a growing problem nationwide. The pandemic highlighted the importance of the cornerstone of early childcare and education, which places a fundamental role in making society work. There’s an immediate childcare gap of 5000 spots in Wyoming, and the potential need for childcare placement in Wyoming is over 25,000.

Credit dfs.wyo.gov Child care is a massive expense in the best of times, but as the pandemic surges across Wyoming, those costs have grown. The Child Care Relief Program will award roughly $1.25 million to more than 1,000 Wyoming families in the coming weeks, but the program is no longer accepting applications. The program is funded by the states federal CARES Act funding and is run by the state Department of Family Services. The department is hoping this money will help parents cover holding f...

CARES funds to help Wyoming families with child care expenses exhausted By Brendan LaChance on December 10, 2020 (Shutterstock) CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) was allocated $1.5 million in CARES Act funds to help provide relief to families that experienced increased health care costs due to the COVID pandemic. While the deadline to apply for the program had been set for Dec. 15, the Wyoming DFS said on Thursday that funds have been exhausted. “As of now, a...