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New partnership helps provide financial support for child care industry New partnership helps provide financial support for child care industry By Bernadette Heier | April 5, 2021 at 8:37 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 8:37 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — In response to the child care shortage in Minnesota, a new partnership provides support for the state’s child care industry. Minnesota Small Business Development Center and the nonprofit First Children’s Finance partnership provides specialized business and financial assistance to child care businesses at no cost. “This is a...

A new partnership between the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and the nonprofit First Children’s Finance will help child care businesses navigate the industry, with hopes of alleviating a major workforce barrier in the state. The partnership establishes a new satellite center within DEED’s Minnesota Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) network. It will aid child care businesses statewide with their finances and operations, as well as help businesses open their doors for the first time, according to a release from DEED. The initiative comes in response to a...

St. Peter: 255 The pandemic caused more upheaval in an already unstable industry. Providers were suddenly hit with major income losses as families pulled their children out of child care (often due to parents who lost jobs or whose work situations changed as a result of the pandemic) and business costs increased as providers adhered to new public health guidelines. While state and federal grants have helped, many providers are hanging on by a thread and some have opted to close indefinitely. As communities look to reopen and repair their struggling economies, addressing the child care crisis...

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Workers cannot rejoin the workforce unless they have safe, reliable child care. Written By: Pat Baustian, Luverne Mayor and Heidi Omerza, Ely City Council | 10:50 pm, Feb. 19, 2021 After a harrowing year, we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. COVID-19 cases are trending downward, vaccinations are up, businesses are re-opening and children are venturing back to school. But as Greater Minnesota communities look ahead to the post-pandemic future, a stubborn barrier to economic recovery remains: a dire lack of available child care. This problem is not new. Even befor...