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Biddeford Mayor to Proclaim April 10-16 as the Week of the Young Child®
On Tuesday, April 6, during a Council Meeting, Mayor Alan Casavant will proclaim April 10-16, 2021 as the Week of the Young Child®.
Child care centers and essential workers with kids get federal help during pandemic
From The Portland Press Herald: Some relief arrived Wednesday with the news that Maine received nearly $11 million in federal funding to support access to child care for the state’s essential workers and to provide relief for child care providers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money is part of the CARES Act and comes through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for the Children and Families’ Child Care and Development Block Grant program.