Updated: By approving a daycare center ordinance on first reading Tuesday night, June 5, the Warsaw Common Council hopes to help address the childcare desert in the city and county by amending the current city code.
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Updated: A bill which LaunchPad, the Kosciusko County Child Care & Early Learning Coalition, worked with Indiana District 18 State Rep. Craig Snow to author and bring forth was signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Read More Updated: The Kosciusko County Child Care & Early Learning Coalition, called LaunchPad, is celebrating a new funding award, thanks to the Kosciusko County Council.
Read More Updated: Persistence paid off for Instrumental Machine & Development.
Read More Updated: The Tippecanoe Valley School Board has received an update on what is being done to address mental health needs in the Valley community.
Read More Updated: Assessing local mental health needs is on the agenda for the next Tippecanoe Valley School Board meeting.
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Updated: Quality, affordable child care is a growing need in Kosciusko County as well as the surrounding areas. As one of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation’s priority concerns, a Lilly Endowment large scale grant was applied for and received in the amount of $1.7 million to be applied toward child care throughout Kosciusko County through December 2025.
Read More Updated: Indiana is offering scholarships to families working in essential businesses for child care and similar services, and the program is already benefiting residents in the county.
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Updated: Kosciusko County’s Child Care and Early Learning Coalition, also known as LaunchPad, recently received a Desert Grant from Early Learning Indiana. Funds were open to any Indiana county considered to be a child care desert.
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Updated: INDIANAPOLIS — In a continuing effort to slow the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Gov. Eric Holcomb has announced additional efforts, including new guidance for child care. “There is a critical need for child care for those workers who are taking care of others and helping Hoosiers keep … Read More
Updated: CLERMONT, FLA. — A video recording by a day care worker shows the facility’s director hitting a four-year-old boy and dropping him on a mat, police in Clermont said.
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Updated: According to a House Bill amendment passed this week, child care providers will soon be required to undergo a national criminal history background check to be eligible for a position caring for youth. House Bill 1494, which was passed with a unanimous 90-0 vote, requires caregivers at certain … Read More
