4 Tips for Choosing a Safe, High-Quality Child Care Program in Onslow County
4 Tips for Choosing a Safe, High-Quality Child Care Program in Onslow County As a parent, one of the biggest and most important decisions you’ll make is choosing a child care program. Access to skilled professionals will prepare your child for kindergarten, helping them develop important social-emotional skills and boosting their chances of long-term success. […]
State examines ratings tool for assessing child care quality
As parents and caregivers of children weigh their options for child care in the aftermath of COVID-19, they often find themselves wondering how scarcity impacts their expectations of quality. One quality-assessment tool in place in North Carolina for more than two decades is the state’s star-rated licensing system. This blog addresses the status of that […]
Child Care and COVID-19 in Onslow County- Here’s the Latest
Over the past two years, child care centers across the county have been hit with a myriad of challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. From economic uncertainty and mass child care center closures to continuous staffing challenges and difficulties retaining early childhood educators, COVID-19 has threatened the entire child care ecosystem as we know it. […]
The Impact of Poverty on Child Care
For children living in poverty, receiving high-quality child care can be an enormous challenge. From transportation to lack of awareness about opportunities, children living in poverty often fall behind academically, socially, and emotionally—and this disadvantage can have a lasting impact on their lives. Many of the challenges children in poverty face could be alleviated by […]