After more than a year of debate, New Hampshire childcare providers received a direct answer this week on childcare workforce grant funding.  In a series of letters exchanged between federal officials, state officials, and an advocacy group, it has been determined that federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, dollars cannot be used to […]

Executive Councilor John Stephen pointedly questioned officials from the Department of Health and Human Services during this week’s meeting about why a childcare workforce grant program was not funded.  That exchange was prompted by an unrelated contract that was up for debate on Wednesday, which would give more than $1.2 million to a company that […]

Amid budget concerns and debates over the validity of guidance from the federal government, the New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday to table a bill that would have state officials seek additional clarification about federal funding for the child care workforce grant.  House Bill 1566 would direct the state Department of Health and Human Services to […]