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Nearly $1 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be sent to meal programs at schools and child care facilities across the country over the coming year, including in Pittsburgh.
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People who care for two or more dependents will be able to claim up to $6,000 in child care expenses starting next year.
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Advocacy groups Start Strong PA and Trying Together said the child care crisis affects the whole economy.
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Half of Pennsylvania residents live in area without a local health department, and rely on the stateOn today’s episode of The Confluence: Spotlight PA reporter Jamie Martines explains how a lack of uniform health department coverage across the state impacts communities; the first cohort of Pittsburgh Food Equity Ambassadors has released their policy recommendations to support a just food system in the city; and the number of low-income families in Pennsylvania accessing subsidized child care has dropped since the start of the pandemic.
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The shortages, caused by low wages and razor-thin profit margins, have ripple effects that reach far beyond the classroom and affect everyone.
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Wages in the industry coupled with ongoing COVID-19 concerns make it difficult to attract enough early childhood teachers to meet demand.
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In a new survey, about one-third of southwestern Pennsylvanians who have exited the labor force say they're staying home to manage childcare or other responsibilities.
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On today's program: A medical doctor explains the process of transitioning for transgender kids, and why a bill to ban transgender girls from playing sports with teams that match their gender identity is harmful; the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plan says more than half of the Commonwealth resides in a childcare desert, which one advocate says was a problem pre-pandemic; and state Republicans may be preparing to enact voting restrictions as they complain the state Supreme Court wrongly interfered in the 2020 election.
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On today's program: The executive director of Trying Together explains the state of the region’s child care industry, and how $303 million from the Wolf…
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Tracy O’Connell says 11 of the staff members at the child care center she directs went back to school this year to earn additional certificates and…