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The Issue If you’re just entering the workforce and looking for a job that pays above minimum wage, chances are it requires a college degree or some form of secondary education. But if you grew up in a small town in a rural area, you’re less likely to have that. Rick Dalton is the CEO of CFES Brilliant Pathways, a national organization that works on college and career readiness. It’s based in the North Country, in the town of Essex in Essex County. Dalton says while students in rural America, like the North Country, graduate high school at relatively

1:36 A total of $2.3 billion has been set aside for child care services in New York’s state budget for next year. Advocates say the funding is historic for a system stressed during the pandemic. The first thing to understand about New York’s $2.3 billion child care budget, is that it’s three times the size of what it historically has been. Under previous stimulus packages, child care funding was limited and riddled with red tape. Child care providers didn’t get money up front, and had to apply for reimbursements. But they really needed the cash, said Jenn O'Connor, director of policy ...

March 19, 2021 - Bronx, NY -A state-run mass vaccination site opens at the Bay Eden Senior Center in the Bronx. (Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) Apr 23, 2021 — About 30% of New Yorkers are fully vaccinated, and most North Country counties are on par with the state, or even have higher vaccination rates. But the region is still seeing a slight uptick in new COVID-19 cases. Public Health officials are worried that people are letting down their guard too soon. They include Ginelle Jones, the Director of Public Health in Warren County. She herself is fully vaccinated, but...

Apr 22, 2021 — Amy Feiereisel2.3 billion: how the 'historic' NY-2022 budget expands and changes child care How much and for what?  Cathy Brodeur says the first thing to understand about New York’s 2022 child care budget is that it's a lot of money. Brodeur directs the Jefferson-Lewis Child Care Project.  “It could really change the whole way that child care is done, it could change the child care system going forward.”  At $2.3 billion dollars, it’s three times the size of the typical budget, which has clocked in around $830 million for the last few years. It's badly needed. Adv...

Apr 22, 2021 — Amy Feiereisel$2.3 billion: how the 'historic' state budget reboots child care How much and for what?  Cathy Brodeur says the first thing to understand about New York’s 2022 child care budget is that it's a lot of money. Brodeur directs the Jefferson-Lewis Child Care Project.  “It could really change the whole way that child care is done, it could change the child care system going forward.”  At $2.3 billion dollars, it’s three times the size of the typical budget, which has clocked in around $830 million for the last few years. It's badly needed. Advocates say th...