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Showing posts with label child care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child care. Show all posts
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Five Days of Action for Child Abuse Prevention

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As adults, perhaps our biggest responsibility in our lifetime is to protect our children, and the uncertainty of the world today has made th...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

Senate Passes Bill Supporting Parents Running for Public Office

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Legislation would recognize child care costs as a valid campaign expense The Massachusetts State Senate on Thursday passed legislation that...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

"Senate early education bill could transform childcare landscape" - eventually

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"IN THE 19TH CENTURY, Massachusetts pioneered the idea that K-12 education should be a public good, available and accessible to all chi...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Five Days of Action: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention initiative

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As adults, perhaps our biggest responsibility in our lifetime is to protect our children, and the uncertainty of the world today has made th...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Franklin, MA is a location for COVID-19 Testing for Child Care

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COVID-19 Testing for Child Care Department of Early Education & Care (EEC) will be offering No-Cost COVID-19 drive-through testing for t...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

"members simply could not reach a consensus on an issue that became incredibly controversial"

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"AFTER 16 MONTHS of work, members of a commission tasked with updating the state’s laws for reporting child abuse have failed to reach ...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

"a rare opportunity—and a responsibility—to reimagine the path towards what I call “back to better”"

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An excerpt from Senate President Karen Spilka's remarks to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, April 13, 2021:  "I h...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

“The pandemic really laid bare just how critical a role childcare plays"

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  "A COALITION OF early education advocates will introduce an ambitious proposal Tuesday to completely overhaul the state’s early educa...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

"employers cut 140,000 jobs in December alone and all of them were held by women"

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  "WOMEN ENDED 2020 with 5.4 million fewer jobs than they had in February 2020, prior to the start of the pandemic. December unemployme...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

CommonWealth Magazine: child care “holding our economy hostage”

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share two articles of interest for Franklin: "CHILD CARE’S CRITICAL importance to our economy was obvio...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

"80 percent of those leaving the workforce during the pandemic are women"

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From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share an article of interest for Franklin: "LAUREN SONALKAR was working as a part-time science teacher...
Friday, September 4, 2020

Hockomock Area YMCA Out of School Time (OST) Support Programs Pre-Registration Opens

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With local schools in Franklin, Bellingham and Milford operating hybrid or remote, the Bernon Family Branch YMCA in Franklin will fill the ...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

In the News: Gov Baker issues executive order on child care and activates 1,000 National Guard

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin:  "Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order Friday that gives work...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Hockomock Area YMCA Offers Remote Learning Support Programs and Before & After School Care

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Our Hockomock Area YMCA knows this academic year will challenge families and present a unique need in our communities, as families will be ...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Commonwealth Magazine: delays in childcare licensing; "A color coded map is not a plan"

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  From  CommonWealth Magazine  we share two articles of interest for Franklin: "NICOLE MCCORMACK, a hairstylist from Haverhilll, always...
Monday, June 15, 2020

"some quite frankly won’t be coming back"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "Some local child care providers are daunted by the state’s reopeni...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

COVID-19 UPdate by Gov Baker on Phase 2 preparations

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"Today (6/3/20), Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito joined Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders, Hou...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

In the News: Gov Baker's "COVID-19 Update"; bottle returns resume this month

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "The redemption of bottles will resume this month in a two-stage pr...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

In the News: "Extent of reopening hinges on child care availability"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "Transportation and child care, including summer camps, are key pie...
Monday, April 6, 2020

"child care providers worry they may never reopen"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: "Dominated by small businesses, the country’s child care “system”...