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Some say this may be to blame for worsening labor shortages in areas. Federal estimates put the average cost of infant care at a daycare to be more than $14,000 a year in some New Hampshire counties.
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More than a third of families in New England with young children use more than one form of childcare.
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“The child care crisis isn’t an individual problem for families to solve,” said Sen. Becky Whitley, a Hopkinton Democrat. “It’s an economic one that requires us all to come to the table for a solution.”
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The committee likely won’t propose any of its own legislation this year. Instead, it will gather input from child care providers, advocacy groups and others.
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Overnight and day camps across the state are preparing for ongoing financial pressures and looking at what factors to consider to best serve New Hampshire families.
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The state wants to use the funding to test out ways to make child care more affordable and accessible to New Hampshire families.
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Of those families impacted by the shortage of options, one in five said it directly led to a job loss.
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From an ugly dispute with a former landlord to crowdfunding investors, reopening Wild Orchid Bakery has been a lot of work for baker and chef Shelly-Anne Storer.
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Jessica Aviles' son Gabe has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and needs home care. So Aviles started work to become his LNA.
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New Hampshire daycare centers are looking for more employees to join the workforce in order to meet the high demand for child care.