Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration is drafting a plan to pay stay-at-home parents using funds currently aimed at helping working parents with childcare costs. While the rule change has not been proposed yet, New Hampshire childcare providers and family advocates worry about its impact.  The proposal would change […]

The New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute published a new report Monday analyzing the state’s childcare tuition assistance program and its problems, and offered potential expansion strategies and improvements for providers and families.  The New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program helps families afford childcare by subsidizing tuition costs and paying childcare programs directly for services. The […]

With the price of childcare for New Hampshire families rivaling college tuition, more are looking to the state’s scholarship program for assistance. New data shows that in the past fiscal year, usage of the program increased, while the state is spending over $12 million more than the previous year.  The New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship […]

With New Hampshire’s legislative session finished and election season on the horizon, current and potential state legislators attended a candidate briefing in Concord on Thursday to learn about the issues impacting the childcare sector.  The event, called “The Workforce Behind the Workforce: A Candidate Briefing on Childcare,” was hosted by Save the Children Action Network, […]