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  • Lack of child care forced her to delay cancer treatment. Then this Dallas group stepped in.

    November 19, 2022 |

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Annie’s Place is a childcare center on the Parkland Health and Hospital System campus that provides free, drop-in childcare to Parkland patients and backup childcare for Parkland staff. Run by the nonprofit Mommies In Need, Annie’s Place makes it possible for patients to get the care they need, whether it be simple check-ups or chemotherapy, by providing an affordable, easily accessible childcare option.

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  • Care, a responsibility shared by the public and private sectors

    October 29, 2022 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    The Win Win Win Program works to provide quality early childhood development and care services through a co-payment system where both the companies and parents buy in to help manage costs and increase access to childcare for children 4-years-old and under.

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  • Cleveland Water replaces 100% of lead service lines to day care centers; interior work remains

    September 06, 2022 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland Water has inspected water lines at the 445 state-licensed local childcare facilities built before 1953 to check for lead contamination since July 2021. Over half the inspected facilities were found to have lead-contaminated service lines and Cleveland Water replaced every single one of them and also provided educational water safety resources to childcare providers to ensure the water used in the facilities remains safe.

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  • District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work

    September 03, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

    A latchkey program made possible by a variety of community support provides a place for elementary students to be cared for before and after school if their parents cannot drop them off or pick them up at the designated times.

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  • Silicon Valley Discovers an Age-Old Child Care Hack: The Neighbors

    August 31, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Otter connects those in need of childcare with nearby stay-at-home parents who can provide it. The business has gathered millions in investments to continue its growth and, since its start in 2020, has relaunched in San Francisco serving about 250 parents with about 12,000 on standby waiting for Otter to become available in their area.

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  • Could Fredericktown's latchkey program serve as a model for other Knox County school districts?

    August 30, 2022 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

    A latchkey program staffed by licensed professionals provides before- and after-school programs for elementary students if their parents cannot make the scheduled times to drop them off or pick them up from school.

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  • Would an innovative approach to child care work in Knox County?

    August 05, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Along the Way is filling a crucial gap in the community by providing in-home childcare services to single mothers who work shifts during the nights or weekends. Through a holistic approach, the organization has enabled mothers to enter or remain in the workforce, ensured fair wages to the caregivers it employs, and is going to start partnering with for-profit employers to make this a community effort.

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  • A few tablets a day keep rickets away

    July 20, 2022 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Hope for the Village Child Foundation provides rickets treatment to children via a daily dose of calcium. Treating rickets allows children to live more comfortably, avoid missing school, and being bullied by their peers. Since the 1990s, about 4,257 children have benefited from the rickets project.

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  • Local nonprofit offers free childcare to single moms working nights, weekends

    March 29, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Quality child care is enabling single moms to work consistent hours, with some peace of mind. Working non-traditional hours such as weekends and evenings makes it especially difficult to secure child care which prevents single parents from being able to support their children. Along the Way is a nonprofit that was founded by two single moms who saw the huge need and raised the funds from community members.

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  • Albion, investing in itself, shows how small towns can thrive

    March 11, 2022 |

    Flatwater Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Albion, Nebraska

    A number of new amenities and businesses in Boone County are the result of fundraising and community development. Local leaders have brought nearly two dozen new major projects to completion in the past ten years. Almost all of the money has been raised by local residents as a result of a “years-long effort to educate residents about the importance of keeping some of their money in their hometowns.”

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