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With costs soaring and profits evaporating, child-care providers are asking parents to pay more — or they're going out of business. The pressures are greater now in many ways than at the start of the pandemic.
The state will no longer require child care providers in Minnesota to quarantine students and staff who were in contact with someone testing positive for COVID-19. The change to state licensing requirements is "effective immediately."
ECEC Applauds Passage of the American Rescue Plan News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law. ARPA is a sweeping COVID-19 pandemic relief package providing over $42 billion in direct relief funds to the child care industry, including $24 billion to stand up a child care stabilization fund, $15 billion through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program and $3.5 billion in mandatory funding through the Child Care Entitlement to the States...