Maryland’s best-funded solution to the child care crisis might never be enough
Maryland’s budget was prepared to give scholarships to 40,000 kids to help their families afford child care. Less than a month into the fiscal year, it’s already blown past that number.
Baltimore seeks to remove proposal for $1,000 payments to new parents from ballot
The proposed charter amendment, if approved, would provide one-time payments of at least $1,000 to parents upon the birth or adoption of a child.
Baltimore voters could approve cash for new parents. Here’s how it might work.
If voters decide the city of Baltimore should give new parents $1,000 of unconditional cash, this is how the program could be funded and implemented.
A beloved nursery school director was ousted. Then her entire staff resigned.
In the chaos, some families are left scrambling to find affordable child care.
