Looking Forward to More Progress in 2023 Portland Works for Kids came together as never before in 2022. After 7 years of meeting (both in-person and virtually), planning, aligning strategies, and educating community leaders, we were prepared to advance policies and
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Posted: December 14, 2022 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
2022 Recap: Thank You for Working Together for Child Care
Looking Forward to More Progress in 2023 Portland Works for Kids came together as never before in 2022. After 7 years of meeting (both in-person and virtually), planning, aligning strategies, and educating community leaders, we were prepared to advance policies and
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Posted: May 9, 2022 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
Join Us! New Child Care Business Lab
We are excited to announce the launch of a new Child Care Business Lab geared toward opening an in-home family child care in greater Portland! This opportunity is a partnership between the United Way of Southern Maine, CEI,
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Last Updated: April 13, 2022 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
Portland Parent Group Guest Speaker Series on Thurs. 3/31 & Thurs. 4/14
Join Us for the Starting Strong Portland Parent Group Guest Speaker Series! Free! Open to all! MARCH 31: Virtual meeting via Zoom at 7pm Link to join meeting: https://bit.ly/startingstrongparents GUEST SPEAKER: Eamonn Dundon, Director of Advocacy at the
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Posted: March 9, 2022 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
2022 Priority Activities for Starting Strong’s Portland Works for Kids
Portland Works for Kids convenes local leaders and stakeholders, shares resources, combines efforts, and collects local data to help identify specific areas of need and inform strategies. In August 2020, we developed a policy agenda with overall strategies
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Last Updated: September 17, 2021 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
Funding for child care, harbor pilots among priorities at forum on how to use Portland’s pandemic aid
Thank you to Randy Billings for this in-depth article published in The Portland Press Herald on September 14, 2021. The article explains how the City of Portland is soliciting input from the community on how best to use
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Last Updated: March 30, 2021 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
New tool to help navigate the child care system
Finding quality, affordable child care that works for families can feel as likely as winning the lottery. It’s hard even knowing where to start. To help, the City of Portland’s Office of Economic Opportunity has created a Child
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Last Updated: March 22, 2021 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
Parents & Caregivers Wanted to Join Our Parent Council!
Established in early 2020 to expand our parent engagement efforts, the Starting Strong Parent Council brings parents from diverse, primarily immigrant backgrounds together to share their experiences and inform our work. Parent Council members are parents or caregivers who want to help
Read moreNew Video Highlights Needed Changes in Childcare System
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Last Updated: January 5, 2021 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
High quality affordable childcare is vital for children, working families, and our community. Unfortunately, the system is broken and our new video helps illustrate the challenges and the short- and long-term changes needed to help support families, early
Read morePortland’s New Hazard Pay a Hardship For Early Care Providers and Other Businesses
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Last Updated: January 5, 2021 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
In November, Portland voters approved a 50 percent raise in the city’s minimum wage, to $18 an hour, for people who continue in-person work during a publicly declared emergency. While the law is unclear exactly when this would
Read morePartner of the Month: Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine
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Posted: May 19, 2020 by toptiertesting_6kjd7p
Starting Strong is happy to partner with The Children’s Museum and Theater of Maine in this years’ Talking is Teaching campaign. Since 2017 Starting Strong has worked to increase the number of partners who engage as “trusted messengers”
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