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Rob and Krista Sjostrand plan to open Roots and Wings Early Learning Center by late summer 2025, offering more than 100 slots for child care in a region facing a shortage.
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The Great Start Affordability Act would pay scholarships directly to early childhood education and child care providers for Minnesota families making less than $175,000.
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The grants are designed to create new child care slots to reduce the shortage felt across the state.
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The Grand Rapids and Coleraine organization provides affordable after-school care for the community. Leaders had to significantly raise the cost after grant funding ran out last year.
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Public testimony to the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee this week shows affordability continues to be a serious issue for middle class families.
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This is the second gathering hosted by the organization that says it’s facing budget shortfalls, low staff numbers and space limitations for its after-school child care program.
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Though preference will be given to Sanford employees, any additional spots at the center would be available to the public.
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Plus a town hall meeting will unpack the future of the Boys & Girls Clubs in Grand Rapids and Greenway, a billboard attributing 54,000 fawn deaths to Minnesota's wolves is scrutinized, and Sanford Bemidji offers a new remote patient monitoring service to help reduce avoidable admissions.
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Even as Democrats coalesce around a series of tax cuts and credits, the child care credit is one of a few significant differences the House and Senate will need to reconcile. It’s also one of few major DFL tax plans to benefit middle class residents.
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