Mills speaks on expansion of UMF childhood, early education center

Maine providing $73 million in grants to stabilize state’s ‘crucial’ child care industry

Working families in Maine are struggling to find child care as facilities close or limit enrollment because of staffing shortages worsened by the pandemic.

10% of Maine child care centers closed during the pandemic, threatening ‘the workforce behind the workforce,’ experts say

With Maine child care facilities closing and financial pressure on those still open, concerns rise that parents won't be able to return to work.

Another labor crisis hits Maine: Parents can’t find child care

More than 170 day care operators in Maine have closed shop in the past year, and those that remain can't find enough workers. Government aid is on the way, but the industry may need restructuring.

Bill seeks to boost Maine’s child care system and workforce

House Speaker Ryan Fecteau's measure would devote $5 million a year to boost training and pay for child care workers.

Windsor day care owner charged with assault on 19-month-old child

Savannah Brann, 24, was charged after a 19-month-old girl was found unresponsive after allegedly being wrapped in a blanket in a way that caused her to stop breathing.

Report shows significant lack of quality child care in rural Maine communities

The effects of this need are far-reaching, but a statewide effort to improve the situation could turn around the lives of children in rural areas such as Somerset County.

Pandemic makes it ‘a scary time’ for child care industry in Maine

A survey done by an advocacy group shows that two-thirds of child care facilities in the state are losing money, and more federal help is being sought.

As workplaces reopen, Maine parents scramble for child care made scarce by pandemic

Twenty percent of Maine's licensed child care programs are closed and some will never reopen, leaving parents looking desperately for slots that were in short supply even before the pandemic.

Reopening of state exacerbates child care worries

With schools closed and roughly 50% of child care centers open, some families have struggled to find a safe place that will care for their children.