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Housing and Children First Plan: A Much-Needed Two-Generation Strategy

As a life-long child advocate, I’ve come across great ideas that are difficult to pursue because of the siloed way that federal funding is too frequently made available – a specific purpose, specific targeting and eligibility rules and siloed administration. For me, who sees the connection between a family’s need for affordable housing and a parent’s need for child care to obtain and retain employment (which pays the rent), it’s a challenge to integrate the two concepts.

Marsha Basloe, President September 7, 2022

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North Carolina Housing Inventory Count for Families Experiencing Homelessness 2017-2021

In North Carolina alone, there were more than 32,000 children under age 6 experiencing homelessness in 2018-20191, according to the US Department of Education (DOE). While this is a pre-pandemic count and would have likely only counted children under 6 who had siblings in a public school, it is highly

Cass Wolfe, Chief Strategy Officer, Operations August 29, 2022

Child Care Services Association to Launch National Early Childhood Educator Apprenticeship Program

This fall, Child Care Services Association (CCSA)’s T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® National Center (National Center) will launch a pilot apprenticeship program in six states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Arkansas Early Childhood Association, Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance of Colorado, Child Care Aware® of Minnesota, Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association, Pennsylvania Child Care Association and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association will work with the National Center to develop pilot apprenticeship programs.

CCSA Staff August 29, 2022

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Economic Growth Depends on Child Care – Progress Post Labor-Day Needed

As Labor Day approaches, there is much to celebrate. The nation’s unemployment rate, which rose in spring 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, has returned to 3.5% (the same level of unemployment that existed in February 2020).1 North Carolina is recovering faster than the national average with unemployment

Marsha Basloe, President August 18, 2022

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“Where There is a Will, There is a Way”: I am WAGE$ with Carolina Jarquin

“WAGE$ makes me want to keep going with my coursework. I love what I do, but there is not a lot of money in it. WAGE$ is an incentive to do it, to keep going because there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. My supplement increases with more classes. Who doesn’t like getting more money for more education when that coursework also helps change your life? You have education and you have money. It is a win-win. I don’t want to lose my supplement. It’s a big incentive.”

Allison Miller, VP, Compensation Initiatives August 16, 2022

Child Care Services Association recognized for its work toward providing employees with livable wages

CCSA receives Living Wage Certification in Orange County for internal compensation initiatives Chapel Hill, N.C., July 29, 2022: Child Care Services Association (CCSA) is honored to be recognized as a certified Living Wage Employer in Orange County for the next two years for valuing its employees and providing them with

CCSA Staff July 29, 2022

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Housing and Children First Plan: A Much-Needed Two-Generation Strategy

North Carolina Housing Inventory Count for Families Experiencing Homelessness 2017-2021

Child Care Services Association to Launch National Early Childhood Educator Apprenticeship Program

Economic Growth Depends on Child Care – Progress Post Labor-Day Needed

“Where There is a Will, There is a Way”: I am WAGE$ with Carolina Jarquin

Child Care Services Association recognized for its work toward providing employees with livable wages

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