President Joe Biden announced an executive order in the Rose Garden on April 18 designed to increase access to and lower the costs of long-term care and child care, and support care workers and family caregivers the White House said in a statement. Calling it the most “comprehensive set of executive actions any president has…
Biden to Sign Executive Order Aimed at Reducing Cost of Child Care and Long-Term Care
Judge Orders Psychiatric Evaluation for Driver in Quebec Daycare Bus Crash
The man charged with killing two young children when the bus he was driving slammed into a daycare in Laval has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Pierre Ny St-Amand’s lawyer requested the evaluation today, saying he has reason to question whether his client is mentally fit to stand trial. St-Amand appeared…
Millennial Money: 4 Expenses for Parents to Rethink in 2023
When inflation rises, child care expenses do, too. If you’re a parent, you may be hoping to get a little financial relief during the upcoming tax season through deductions or credits. But since there have been recent reductions to both of the child tax credits, you may not get as much back as you anticipated….
Canada’s $10-Day Child Care Program Limits Family Choice: Think Tank
The national $10-a-day child care program favours some care providers over others, effectively discriminating against some families and their choices, says the think tank Cardus. Cardus published a policy brief Jan. 18 calling on Alberta to renegotiate its agreement on the program with the federal government to include all types of child care. All the…
South Carolina Day Care Workers Arrested for Allegedly Stuffing Ice Pack Inside Child’s Clothes
Two women working at a day care center in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, were arrested on Sept. 13 for allegedly putting an ice pack inside a child’s clothing. Police arrested Kimberly McCall and Joy Lashway for “knowingly and intentionally” inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering to a minor child by putting the ice pack inside the clothing,…
Millennial Money: Don’t Let Money ‘Rules’ Get You Down
Put 20 percent down when buying a home. Don’t spend more than 30 percent of your income on housing costs. Keep child care expenses below 10 percent of your annual household income. These money rules of thumb can be useful guardrails, helping you allocate spending and determine what’s affordable. They can also be incredibly defeating…
Unsafe for Men to Work With Children in Australia
Commentary It’s a tragic irony that just as the world is finally waking up to the damage to children who miss out on masculine influence in their lives, the moral panic over sexual abuse is driving away the very few men still working with them—men who play a particularly vital role for kids in single…
Ontario on Verge of Signing $10.2 Billion Child Care Deal
OTTAWA—Federal and provincial sources say the provincial government has signed a $10.2 billion child−care deal with the federal government that will cut child−care fees in the province in half by the end of the year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford are scheduled to make an announcement about the deal Monday in the…
Australia Increases Childcare Subsidies for Families
The Australian Federal government has announced that childcare subsidies (CCS) have increased for families with at least two children in childcare by 30 percent as of March 7. “These measures will ease the cost of childcare for about 250,000 families across Australia who on average will be $2,260 (US$1674) a year better off. That means…
A Scaled-Down ‘Build Back Better’ Would Wreck Neighborhood Child Care
Commentary One of the takeaways of President Joe Biden’s marathon press conference on Jan. 19 was his declaration that “I’m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the Build Back Better law, signed into law.” One possible big chunk is some version of the bill’s $270 billion-plus new federal child care program. Sen. Joe…
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