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8+ hour, 13+ min ago (923+ words) By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) " The cost of child care nearly doubled Emily Wildau's mortgage. Then last month, New Mexico launched universal child care. The free child care saves Wildau, a mother to an 11-month-old son in Albuquerque, about $21,000 a year, allowing financial breathing room that her family had never imagined before. "We would've made it work, but it would've been difficult," Wildau told CNN. "When my husband's car broke down this week, that would've been really hard for us to pay for both things. It just takes a lot of stress away." The Wildaus are among the first families to benefit from the New Mexico program, which took effect on November 1 " the state is the first to offer free child care to nearly all families, regardless of income or immigration status. Emily works for a nonprofit that helped the…...

23+ hour, 21+ min ago (157+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. CALGARY - Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as it works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal. The two jointly announced an extension on the current deal, with the federal government providing Alberta more than $1.17-billion dollars in funding. It will extend both the early learning and child-care agreements through to March 2027. As part of the deal, another 5,000 for-profit child care spaces are also eligible for federal funding. It will also pull the federal funding restriction set on family day-home spaces. In the meantime, Alberta says it will continue to work with Ottawa on a new agreement that puts non-profit and for-profit providers on equal footing. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 12, 2025....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago (145+ words) OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 11, 2025 /CNW/ " The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario" /R E P E A T " MEDIA ADVISORY " Governments of Canada and Alberta to announce extension to Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement/ OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 11, 2025 /CNW/ " The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, and the Honourable Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Education and Childcare, will be in Calgary to announce an extension to the Canada"Alberta Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. The Ministers will be accompanied by Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Calgary Confederation. Please note that all details are subject to change....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (191+ words) The city is looking to add a new pool to the Invista Centre in a $102-million expansion. KINGSTON " The city could take its first step on the path to expand the Invista Centre to include a new pool and wellness centre. City council is to be asked to endorse, in principle, an operating model for the new health centre that would be run by the YMCA of Eastern Ontario. The city would maintain operation of the facility's ice rinks. The redevelopment of the Invista Centre was approved in March 2024 at the same time that the enclosure of the Culligan Water Park at the Memorial Centre. The city committed $3 million to the initial design planning phase of the Invista Centre project. The pool is to be built to design standards to allow for competitive swimming, learn-to-swim, fitness, and therapeutic aquatic programs....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago (144+ words) NHS nurse skips meals amidst 'astronomical' cost of living crisis Credit: LBC The growing crisis that is affecting working parents - New research by The Felix Project indicates that nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of working parents in the UK accessed food support services in the last year. - This equates to approximately 1.7 million working parents nationally, with one in four of these individuals using a food bank every one or two weeks. - Charities report a significant increase in demand, with the Trussell Trust forecasting a food parcel distribution every 10 seconds this winter. - The findings highlight a growing crisis of in-work poverty, where many employed individuals struggle to afford essentials as wages fail to keep pace with rising costs. - The government has responded by outlining measures including an increased National Living Wage, energy bill support, and policies designed to reduce child poverty....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago (43+ words) Candace Owens has sparked backlash after alleging the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was "in love" with another woman before he married Erika Kirk. During the Tuesday, December 2 episode ... ADVOCAP & Signature Homes combine efforts, break ground on Childcare Incubator in Oshkosh...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (259+ words) A rural Harrisonville, Mo., daycare opened with 26 new slots Thursday that provides much-needed childcare services in a community designated as a childcare desert. The Sunshine Daycare will offer curriculum-based learning through a state-partnered program, Wonderschool. There will be 10 hours of care each day and language-based programs to help serve families in the area. Harrisonville's childcare shortage reflects a statewide crisis. The community is considered a childcare desert, a designation shared by 97% of Missouri's 150 counties, according to a Wonderschool representative. Owner Wendy Clark Chacon spent over a year navigating building compliance codes to open the facility. "What the state wants is what the state wants," Chacon said. "What the city wants, the city wants. Once you get everybody on the same boat of what you're trying to do, things will better." The compliance challenges Chacon faced are common across many communities…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago (472+ words) The Wilkes-Barre YMCA is holding a twice-weekly program this December intended to keep Solomon-Plains Elementary students connected and active following the recent temporary school closure. Sessions are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays until Dec. 30 at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA Henry Gym. It costs $25 a day and is open to K-8 students. "We just try to meet what the need is, and right now, our Soloman-Plains area families are the ones that have the problem," said Jennifer Brennan, vice president of child care education and child care services of the Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA. "We just try to step in and help be a solution." Solomon-Plains Elementary closed following a fire on Nov. 20. It will remain closed through Christmas break and until restoration work is complete due to safety concerns. The school will not continue virtual learning during this time. The YMCA's…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago (614+ words) Big Apple business leaders are "committed" to helping deliver universal childcare, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani crowed Thursday " but offered scant details for his $6 billion promise other than it'll take cues from Quebec. Mamdani rhapsodized about the Canadian province's program and what his own plan could do for parents in New York City after privately meeting with biz bigwigs such as Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal over childcare. "We only need to look at Quebec as an example for what they implemented universal childcare " they saw a 10-to-1 return on their investment. The program more than paid for itself," he said. "These are programs that not only strengthen our workforce, but they also'help employers recruit new talent, they help them retain the talent they already have," he told reporters at a Chelsea day care center, where he read "The Night Before Christmas…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago (657+ words) THERE is no evidence the Scottish child payment (SCP) meaningfully encourages parents to avoid work, a study has found. The research from economists and policy academics at Glasgow University, York University and the London School of Economics (LSE) found deprivation and food insecurity would be up to 9% higher without the benefit. The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) said the study backed the case for the Scottish Finance Secretary to increase the payment above inflation in her budget in January. The charity said that investing the estimated "155 million in Holyrood savings from the UK Government's decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap could fund a hike in the SCP from "27.15 to "37.50. It said this would lift another 10,000 children out of poverty, with 40,000 already having been lifted by the creation of the policy. The study found "statistically significant reductions in both child…...