The New Hampshire Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration announced to child care providers in the Granite Steps for Quality program that the state will fulfill late or unsubmitted quarterly incentive invoices from last year. Granite Steps for Quality, or GSQ, is New Hampshire’s quality recognition and improvement system that allows early education […]
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Thursday is “crossover day” in the New Hampshire state Legislature, the last day to vote on bills in the originating chamber and the midpoint of the legislative session. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate held floor sessions to vote on the remaining bills, including those on early care and education. In a consent […]
The intersection between religion and community services is Maggie Monroe-Cassel’s niche. Monroe-Cassel grew up in upstate New York, where she saw her childhood church fall into disrepair when the community could not find a way to keep the doors open. When The Well Collaborative, a nonprofit that had taken over the First Congregational Church on […]
The Trump administration’s new child care subsidy rules are the latest measure to challenge the struggling industry.
Ask any child care provider about the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and you’re likely to hear a variation of one answer: “I can’t believe it’s been six years.” On March 13, 2020, when former Gov. Chris Sununu declared a state of emergency in New Hampshire because of a new, rapidly spreading disease, early educators […]
During Thursday’s voting session, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to pass an amended version of a bill aimed at easing requirements for home-based early education programs to open. House Bill 1195 is a two-part bill that addresses zoning issues affecting home-based care and small child care centers. The first part of the bill […]
No one likes to deal with or pay for insurance, and child care providers are no exception. Under state licensing rules, early care and education programs are required to have liability insurance or disclose to parents that they are uninsured. Having a liability policy protects high-risk businesses, but expensive and hard-to-find plans are hurting an […]
This week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives is expected to vote on at least 180 bills to meet the deadline for legislation that will not go to a second committee. The House will vote on a handful of child care-related bills, including those on the child care workforce grant program, child-to-teacher ratios, and zoning […]
In a busy day at the State House, the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives voted on a handful of critical child care bills Thursday, including funding for the child care workforce grant program, tax credits, and increasing state scholarship eligibility. After extended debate and communication with the state’s congressional delegation, the Senate voted […]
Renovations to the largest child care center in New Hampshire have caught the attention of local and national officials. The Merrimack YMCA Early Education Center, a branch of the YMCA of Greater Nashua, hosted U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan on Monday for a tour, a month after a visit from Gov. Kelly Ayotte for the ribbon-cutting […]