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2024

March 1: Child care bill passes House, heads to Senate
February 28: Alaska House passes bill aimed at expanding access to child care
February 3: Stagn a nt funding results in Alaska pre-K school closure, instability for vulnerable children
January 15: Alaska’s longest running child development center is a guiding star for sustainable child care

2023

February 3: Stagnant funding results in Alaska pre-K school closure, instability for vulnerable children
January 15: Alaska’s longest running child development center is a guiding star for sustainable child care
December 15: Want to start a child care center in Alaska? This organization will show you how.
December 11: Alaska child care task force finalizes first report for a sector in crisis
October 13: How business leaders are tackling Alaska’s child care crisis
September 27: Alaska child care providers struggle to stay open as pandemic-era relief funds dry up
August 30: Alaska nonprofit examines ways to attract child care workers
August 27: Alaska’s business advocates call for making child care a priority
August 21: Alaska’s child care crisis is hitting foster families especially hard
August 16: Opinion: This is a critical time for Alaska to invest in child care and housing
August 8: Alaska’s child care sector is in crisis, but market conditions are great for small entrepreneurs
August 4: Small exodus of doctors leaves Central Kenai Peninsula with recruitment rush, strains on care
July 25: More grants coming to stabilize Alaska’s fragile child care system
June 28: New state child care task force faces bleak reality of Alaska’s system
June 23: Military in Alaska struggles with ‘constant strain’ of child care shortage
June 13: The US needs a major federal investment in child care
May 16: Talk of Alaska: Child Care Crisis
May 12: Alaska Insight Child Care (AKPM)
May 8: High prices and lengthy waitlists: How Alaska’s child care crisis is impacting Anchorage families (AKPM)
May 2: City OKs funds to create startup child care grant program | Juneau Empire
May 2: Bolstering State and Local Care Infrastructure with Federal Recovery Funding (newamerica.org)
April 26: New America: “Bolstering State and Local Care Infrastructure with Federal Recovery Funding here (thread is mentioned at the end of the article).
April 25: Juneau Empire: “City OK’s funds to create startup child care grant program: Program intended to fund the opening of one to two new child care centers in Juneau.”
April 24: Caught in the middle: Alaska needs more child care to aid economic recovery, but facilities are pinched
April 19: Opinion: We work in child care in Alaska. Our workforce problem is your workforce problem .
April 3: Opinion: Alaska’s approach to child care has never been sustainable
March 30: Day care waitlists are so long, moms are quitting their jobs or choosing to stop having kids
March 22: Senator Murkowski Testifies at US Senate HELP Hearing on Child Care
March 18: Opinion: Alaska must address its child care crisis
March 9: OPINION: Political opposites agree – Proposition 14 will boost economy, help kids
March 7: thread Op-ed: Child Care is Key to Recovery and Economic Growth
February 22: For low-income parents, no day care often means no pay
February 19: ADN: Alaska Child Care Crisis More Acute Than Ever, Legislators Hear
February 1: Lack of child care keeping Alaska families out of the workforce

2022

Nov. 28: Lack of Day Care Centers in Anchorage (KTUU)
Aug. 8: Alaska’s child care sector is in crisis, but market conditions are great for small entrepreneurs (ADN)
July 25: More grants coming to stabilize Alaska’s fragile child care system (ADN)
June 13: The US needs a major federal investment in child care (The Hill)
June 9: Biden administration lays out its plan for Covid-19 vaccinations for children under (CNNPolitics)
June 7: Alaska health commissioner announces COVID emergency order will end in July (NPR)
April 26: The US Army expands benefits to soldiers who are parents (NPR)
April 24: Caught in the middle: Alaska needs more child care to aid economic recovery, but facilities are pinched (Anchorage Daily News)
April 19: Opinion: We work in child care in Alaska. Our workforce problem is your workforce problem . (Published by Anchorage Daily News)
April: Alaska Economic Trends April 2022 (Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development)
March 22: Senator Murkowski Testifies at US Senate HELP Hearing on Child Care
March 18: Opinion: Alaska must address its child care crisis (Anchorage Daily News)
March 10: Anchorage Assembly is exploring how to best use next round of COVID relief funds (Alaska News Source)
March 7: thread Op-ed: Child Care is Key to Recovery and Economic Growth (Published by Anchorage Daily News and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
March 2: State Board Provisionally Approves UAA Early Childhood Education Program (State of Alaska Department of Education and Early Development)
March 2: Millions of relief dollars are finally on the way for Alaska’s child care centers (KTOO)
Feb. 22: For low-income parents, no day care often means no pay (The Washington Post)
Feb. 2: Child care challenges keep workers sidelined (Juneau Empire)
Feb. 1: Lack of child care keeping Alaska families out of the workforce (Alaska News Source)
Feb. 1: Alaska Legislature considers comprehensive reading, pre-K bills (Alaska News Source)
Jan. 29: Report – 61% of Alaskans live in child care deserts (Juneau Empire)
Jan. 26: Anchorage superintendent tells Senate Finance that ‘universal pre-K’ spending will improve Alaska’s low reading scores (Must Read Alaska)
Jan. 20: Parents and caregivers of young children say they’ve hit pandemic rock bottom (NPR)

2021

Nov. 3: Local governments steer money to Juneau child care centers struggling to find workers (KTOO)
Nov. 3: Relief, excitement and some anxiety as newly eligible Alaska children receive COVID-19 vaccine (ADN)
Oct. 29: Local leaders press Dunleavy on school funding (The Cordova Times)
Oct. 28: President Biden Announces the Build Back Better Framework (The White House)
Oct. 21: Alaska child care providers see long delays in monthly payments, background checks after state cyberattack (Alaska News Source)
Oct. 21: Alaska scrambles to spend nearly $100M in federal child care relief as centers close (KTOO)
Oct. 20: 1 in 3 working families is struggling to find the child care they desperately need (NPR)
Oct. 6: Moms Are Back to Work, But Child Care Resources Are ‘Laughable’ (New York Times)
Sept. 27: An Ode to Joy – Longtime early childhood advocate retires (Juneau Empire)
Sept. 22: Alaska will greatly benefit from historic infrastructure bill (ADN)
Sept. 19: Child-care workers are quitting rapidly, a red flag for the economy (ADN)
Sept. 7: Anchorage business owners fear worker burnout as hiring struggles persist (Alaska Public Media)
Aug. 17: Parents struggle to find child care as school begins (Alaska News Source)
Aug. 15: Anchorage Programs to Help the Hispanic Population (Sol De Medianoche)
Aug. 15: The business of early childhood care (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Aug. 14: Many Anchorage families are scrambling to find child care as the school year begins (ADN)
Aug. 10: Talk of Alaska – The challenge of child care (Alaska Public Media)
Aug. 2: Child care is key in Alaska’s transition to a vibrant economy (ADN, Op-ed by Board President Elena Romerdahl)
July 19: Childcare staffing shortage making it hard for parents to go back to work (Alaska’s News Source)
July 15: Labor shortage forcing Anchorage youth organization to offer fewer childcare programs at local schools this year (Alaska’s News Source)
July 13: Alaska’s child care sector, essential to economic recovery, is struggling to find workers (Alaska Public Media)
July 12: Too many jobs, not enough people: Panel focuses on impacts of workforce shortage in Alaska (Alaska’s News Source)
June 25: Congressional Child Care Champions Release Bold Legislative Proposals (Child Care Aware of America)
June 23: Resources for Families Post-Pandemic (Alaska News Source)
June 11: Would You Like Fries with That? How Low Wages Exploit America’s Child Care Workforce and Undermine its Future (Early Learning Nation)
June 6: As parents return to work, child care providers want a more sustainable model (KTOO)
May 24: Growing the Economy Through Affordable Child Care (Center for American Progress)
May 18: What’s the impact of CDC’s no-masks guidance on kids? (Alaska’s News Source)
May 18: Healthy Living: Advice to improve children’s mental health (Alaska’s News Source)
May 17: Child cash benefit payments will begin hitting millions of parents’ bank accounts July 15 (ADN)
May 14: Op-Ed: The child care workforce is key to recovery (ADN)
May 9: Policymakers Used to Ignore Child Care. Then Came the Pandemic. (New York Times)
- May 11: Child Care is infrastructure (Eye on Early Education)
April 30: Governor Dunleavy Ends Alaska COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, Signs House Bill 76 (State of Alaska)
April 26: Democrats outline ‘care infrastructure’ plan, with paid leave and child care (Alaska Public Media)
April 26: Doing right by kids: How to pay for quality early childhood education at a scale we need? (Hometown Alaska – APRN)
April 22: New Virtual Call Center reduces processing time for Alaskans seeking public assistance (State of Alaska)
April 21: 2021 thread Awards Recipients Announced (Alaska Business Monthly)
April 20: Child care is essential to rebuilding Alaska’s economy (ADN)
April 19: Learn about funding Items in the Governor’s American Rescue Plan package (State of Alaska)
March 23: Federal dollars could be ‘game changer’ for Alaska families (Alaska Public Media)
March 22: Alaska educators breathe sigh of relief as hundreds of millions of federal dollars roll in (Alaska Public Media)
March 18: Billions of COVID relief dollars are going to child care. Here’s why advocates say more needs to be done to fix the crisis (CNBC)
March 14: Alaska will get a massive injection of money from the COVID-19 aid bill. Here’s where it’ll go (ADN)
March 9: Dunleavy Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Available to All Alaskans (State of Alaska)
Feb. 25: Tell us about being a working mother in Alaska during the pandemic (ADN)
Feb. 24: Many child-care workers don’t earn a living wage—and that was the case even before the pandemic (CNBC)
Feb. 24: The Current State of America’s Child Care Industry (Bipartisan Policy)
Feb. 4: America’s childcare crisis: how it unfairly puts the burden on women, how the U.S. stacks up against other countries, and the one time in history the government subsidized day care. (The Daily Show)
Jan. 27: What President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Could Mean for Child Care (Child Care Aware of America)
Jan. 26: Gov. Dunleavy introduces bill to extend COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration until the Fall (ADN)
Jan. 20: Early Care and Education is in Crisis: Biden Can Intervene (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment – Berkeley)
Jan. 18: thread Awards Additional $940,000 in COVID-19 Support to Child Care Statewide (Alaska Business Monthly)
Jan. 13: Soldotna teachers hope a return to in-school classes will help bridge a distance-learning divide (ADN)
Jan. 11: Four Anchorage mayoral candidates attend forum on child and family issues (Alaska’s News Source)
Jan. 11: How to get a small business loan from the new $284 billion PPP program (ADN)

2020

Dec. 27: Here’s what to expect as Alaska continues to roll out COVID-19 vaccines this week (ADN)
Dec. 21: Congress proposes $10 billion in relief for the child-care industry, but advocates say it’s only a ‘down payment’ (CNBC)
Dec. 21: Congress passes $2.3T coronavirus relief, government funding deal (The Hill)
Dec. 20: Front-line essential workers and adults 75 and over should be next to get the coronavirus vaccine, a CDC advisory group says (Washington Post)
Dec. 9: The Other Child Care Crisis: No Staff (Early Learning Nation)
Dec. 7: Officials expect Anchorage’s CARES Act money to dry up by the end of the month (Alaska Public Media)
Dec. 4: Why “flexibility” may be the last helpful thing companies can offer working parents right now (FastCompany)
Nov. 30: Alaska joins several US states calling on Congress to pass CARES Act funding extension (Alaska News Source)
Nov. 29: Anchorage’s modified ‘hunker-down’ begins Tuesday. Here’s a look at what’s changing (ADN)
Nov. 12: Gov. Dunleavy deems virus escalation an ‘imminent threat’ as Alaska reports 478 new COVID-19 cases (ADN)
Nov. 6: Gov. Dunleavy implores Alaskans to step up virus vigilance as he renews emergency declaration (ADN)
Oct. 15: Day-Care Centers Are Very Low Risk for COVID-19 Transmission, Study Says (The Wall Street Journal)
Oct. 15: Women Are Not OK – Pressures of Parenting in a Pandemic (Huffington Post)
Sept. 16: Alliance for Early Success Released New Policy Roadmap for Transforming Post-Pandemic Child Care (Alliance for Early Success)
Sept. 9: Letter: Thanks for supporting child care (ADN)
Sept. 8: GOP proposes ‘targeted’ virus aid, but Democrats say it’s not enough (ADN)
Sept. 1: What the House’s FY21 funding includes for child care (Child Care Aware of America)
Aug. 31: Child care has always been essential to our economy – let’s start treating it that way (The Hill)
Aug. 31: Anchorage Assembly transitions website to serve as one-stop shop for all Coronavirus relief fund information (MOA)
Aug. 28: Preschoolers are mask-licking germ bombs – yet few catch the coronavirus, data show (LA Times)
Aug. 27: Opinion: We can’t reopen Alaska without child care (ADN)
Aug. 23: Programs available to provide supervision to virtual learners (KTUU)
Aug. 20: The first round of grants from the Coronavirus Nonprofit Relief Fund has been awarded! (Alaska Community Foundation)
Aug. 18: Parents & employers pay the price: COVID-19 erodes child care systems (Child Care Aware of America)
Aug. 18: Parents Juggle Work and Child Care During Pandemic (United States Census Bureau)
Aug. 9: Even with state grants in hand, small businesses worry about ‘long, lean winter’ ahead (ADN)
Aug. 8: Preserving Alaska’s long-term economy (Gov. Dunleavy op-ed) (ADN)
Aug. 5: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District to require face covering (Homer News)
Aug. 4: Juneau School District set to reopen with online-only classes on Aug. 24 (KTUU)
Aug. 2: Applications open for Anchorage child care grants (KTUU)
July 31: What Are Parents Doing For Child Care? Here Are 3 Options (With Trade-Offs) (NPR)
July 29: House passes set of bills that give child care industry a more than $60 billion bailout (CNBC)
July 28: Mat-Su Borough School District holds an informational meeting at Houston High School (KTUU)
July 23: How the child care crisis will distort the economy for a generation (Politico)
July 23: A guide to Anchorage’s new restrictions on bars, restaurants, entertainment facilities and gatherings (ADN)
July 9: Anchorage School District will likely start with in-person classes just 2 days a week but soon change to 5 days (ADN)
July 3: The big factor holding back the U.S. economic recovery: Child care (Washington Post)
July 2: In the COVID-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or Job. You Can’t Have Both (New York Times)
June 29: Reopening America’s Schools: A Public Health Approach (Prevent Epidemics)
June 24: Anchorage Assembly approves $21.5 million for pandemic-related economic relief (ADN)
June 22: Coronavirus is pushing the US child care industry to the brink of collapse (ABC News)
June 19: Alaska child care providers to receive an additonal $10.5 million in CARES Act funding (KTUU)
June 19: State announces more money for Alaska child care providers after uncertainty over pandemic funding (ADN)
June 18: Child care providers say they’re falling through the cracks without pandemic recovery aid (Alaska Public Media)
June 18: Working Families are Losing Access to Child Care as Providers Struggle to Stay Open (First Five Years Fund)
June 15: Many Alaska child care providers find themselves on the brink during the COVID-19 pandemic (KTUU)
June 3: Expert Q&A: Summer Child Care in Alaska (KTVA on Facebook)
June 3: Child care group petitions for more support (KTVA)
May 28: As parents head back to work, child care providers are struggling to meet demands (APM)
May 26: Juneau Assembly May Approve $1M for Juneau Child Care Providers (KTUU)
May 22: With no child care or summer camps, women are being edged out of the workforce (The Lily)
May 21: Read the Full Text of the State of Alaska’s Guidance for Phase 3 and 4 (Anchorage Daily News)
May 20: The pandemic upended child care. It could be devastating for women (The Washington Post)
May 20: Your day care probably won’t survive the Coronavirus (New York Times)
May 18: Childcare capacity lags as Alaskans return to work (KTUU)
May 15: As Alaska’s economy begins to reopen, Anchorage officials say the city is facing a childcare shortage (Alaska Public Media)
May 13: Alaska child care providers will soon get federal and state aid, but the money won’t last long (Anchorage Daily News)
May 12: Some Alaska summer camps prepare to reopen with new rules, reduced capacity (Alaska Public Media)
May 12: Governor Dunleavey commits funds to Alaska child care providers (State of Alaska)
May 12: Child care teachers are essential workers – let’s treat them that way (Center for the Study of Child Care Employment)
May 10: Opinion: Our economy won’t recover without child care reform (Anchorage Daily News)
April 24: After Coronavirus, Nearly Half Of The Day Care Centers In The U.S. Could Be Gone (Huffington Post)
April 20: Alaska day cares, critical during the coronavirus crisis, are endangered (Anchorage Daily News)
April 15: CDC, FEMA have created a plan to reopen America. Here’s what it says (Anchorage Daily News)
March 29: Alaska Legislature approves funding for COVID-19 response, passes capital and operating budgets (Alaska House Majority)
March 21: Without clear guidance, child care providers make tough choices (APM)
March 19: With school closures keeping kids home, Alaska families scramble to work and care for children (KTOO)
March 18: Anchorage’s child care options are uncertain (Alaska News Nightly) (at 13:15)
March 17: Without mandate to close, Alaska child care providers face tough choices (Anchorage Daily News)
March 10: How Should Family Child Care Providers Respond to the Coronavirus? (Tom Copeland)
Feb. 28: Untapped Potential: Economic Impact of Childcare Breakdowns on U.S. States (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

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