• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Science
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech
LOLAs Early Care and Education Center welcomes Struzzi, county law enforcement | News

LOLAs Early Care and Education Center welcomes Struzzi, county law enforcement | News

May 16, 2022
Senate Education Discusses Financial Literacy, Free Period Products

Senate Education Discusses Financial Literacy, Free Period Products

February 2, 2023
Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard

Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard

February 2, 2023
USWNT World Cup roster prediction 4.0: How SheBelieves Cup could impact selections

USWNT World Cup roster prediction 4.0: How SheBelieves Cup could impact selections

February 2, 2023
ChildCare Education Institute launches CUR137: Completing

ChildCare Education Institute launches CUR137: Completing

February 2, 2023
Gaps in Mental Health Care for Asian and Pacific Islander People and Other People of Color

Gaps in Mental Health Care for Asian and Pacific Islander People and Other People of Color

February 2, 2023
Jean-Pierre calls Texas border czar a ‘political stunt,’ claims Biden’s actions ‘made a difference’

Jean-Pierre calls Texas border czar a ‘political stunt,’ claims Biden’s actions ‘made a difference’

February 2, 2023
House Ousts Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Panel

House Ousts Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Panel

February 2, 2023
National Wear Red Day declared for Friday, aims to bring awareness and fight heart disease

National Wear Red Day declared for Friday, aims to bring awareness and fight heart disease

February 2, 2023
New Report Looks at Arkansas Policies To Promote Infant, Toddler Health

New Report Looks at Arkansas Policies To Promote Infant, Toddler Health

February 2, 2023
Kyle Rittenhouse: Victim’s father’s wrongful-death lawsuit can proceed

Kyle Rittenhouse: Victim’s father’s wrongful-death lawsuit can proceed

February 2, 2023
Trump Won’t Commit to Backing the G.O.P. Nominee in 2024

Trump Won’t Commit to Backing the G.O.P. Nominee in 2024

February 2, 2023
Riviera Beach classroom gets ‘STEM’ makeover thanks to FPL grant

Riviera Beach classroom gets ‘STEM’ makeover thanks to FPL grant

February 2, 2023
Saturday, February 4, 2023
News Today
  • Home
  • World
  • Politics
  • Health
  • Education
  • National
  • News
No Result
View All Result
News Today
No Result
View All Result
Home Education

LOLAs Early Care and Education Center welcomes Struzzi, county law enforcement | News

by newstoday
May 16, 2022
in Education
0
LOLAs Early Care and Education Center welcomes Struzzi, county law enforcement | News
492
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


Keystone STAR 4 child care provider LOLAs Early Care and Education Center in Homer City welcomed state Rep. Jim Struzzi and Indiana County Sheriff Robert Fyock on Thursday for a tour and conversation discussing the ongoing challenges of the early care and education sector as it faces workforce shortages that are threatening both pre-kindergarten and child care capacity in Pennsylvania.

Also participating in the discussion were Bruce Clash, Pennsylvania state director, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids; Lindsay Ramsey, assistant director of Policy and Practice at Trying Together; and Tracy Weaver, Outreach and Communications coordinator, Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children.

Meghan Strawcutter, executive director of LOLAs Early Care and Education Center, discussed the impact that staffing shortages are having on the children they serve.

“We know turnover has a really negative impact on a child’s development because the most important indicator of a quality program is the teacher in the classroom. The interactions between teachers and children are critical to a child’s healthy development,” said Strawcutter.

Throughout Indiana County and the entire commonwealth, early learning providers are experiencing significant staffing shortages due to a lack of applicants, in part because the average child care worker makes only $10.69 per hour. A March 2022 survey of nearly 1,000 Pennsylvania child care providers indicated that these low wages are not only impacting the child care teachers but driving a statewide staffing crisis. This staffing crisis has resulted in more than 32,400 children sitting on waiting lists and nearly 7,000 open child care positions. More than 30,000 additional children could be served if child care programs were fully staffed.

Speakers made it clear that the child care staffing crisis is very real and impacting local families’ ability to access care they need in order to work. Indiana County providers responding to the survey reported 31 open staffing positions. Those six programs could serve 92 more children if they were fully staffed. Now, more than ever, children, their families and businesses in Indiana County need to have high-quality programs accessible to ensure businesses have the workforce they need.

The panel stressed the need for direct action to boost wages for early care and education professionals. Given that Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal flat funds Pennsylvania’s Child Care Services and Child Care Assistance line items for the third consecutive year, advocates are urging state policymakers to allocate $115 million in sustainable state and/or federal funds to provide a $2 per hour wage supplement for teachers and staff. This would help child care providers retain their current workforce.

Expanding access to state-funded high-quality Pre-K for more eligible children was also discussed. Fyock indicated the significant long-term research showing that young children who participate in high-quality early learning programs are less likely to be held back in school, are more likely to graduate from high school and are less likely to have problematic social and self-control behavior that can lead to later juvenile and adult crime. He described important benefits that children receive when early learning providers engage parents to help their children become eager learners.

“Healthy child development and being ready to enter school put children on the path to success instead of delinquency,” Fyock said. “Law enforcement leaders know that one of our best long-term strategies to increase public safety is to expand programs like high-quality Pre-K.”

Wolf’s proposed 2022-23 state budget includes a $60 million increase for Pre-K Counts and $10 million increase for the Head Start State Supplemental Assistance Program, which continues the tradition of expanding access to high quality Pre-K. This new funding will serve approximately 2,300 additional children in these high-quality early learning programs and would provide a rate increase for providers to increase teacher compensation, bolster the early education workforce and enhance program quality.

Localized data was also provided, showing that 89 percent of the 1,150 eligible children younger than age 5 in Indiana County are not served by Child Care Works, the Pennsylvania state subsidized child care program based on family income. Additionally, 564 children, or 44 percent of eligible children, do not have access to high-quality publicly funded Pre-K in Indiana County.

Pre-K for PA launched in 2014 with the vision that every 3- and 4-year-old in Pennsylvania will have access to high-quality Pre-K. For more information, visit www.prekforpa.org.

Start Strong PA launched in 2019 to support healthy child development, working families, and the economy by increasing access to and affordability of high-quality child care programs for young children. For more information, at www.start strongpa.org.



Source link

Share197Tweet123Share49
newstoday

newstoday

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Stay away from S.F. national parks, police union says. Here’s what’s behind the warning

Stay away from S.F. national parks, police union says. Here’s what’s behind the warning

May 25, 2022
Gallaudet University Track Star Becomes School’s First National Champ – NBC4 Washington

Cornyn likens overrule of Roe v. Wade to Brown v. Board of Education in tweet

June 26, 2022
John Cornyn tweet about Brown v. Board of Education goes viral

John Cornyn tweet about Brown v. Board of Education goes viral

June 25, 2022
African diplomats protest alleged begins racism and inhumane clinical treat

Coronavirus: France deaths at city 14,400 ahead Macron lockdown

0
Police investigating fatal shooting in southeast

Police investigating fatal shooting in southeast

0
African diplomats protest alleged begins racism and inhumane clinical treat

Prince Harry drops royal surname after moving

0
Senate Education Discusses Financial Literacy, Free Period Products

Senate Education Discusses Financial Literacy, Free Period Products

February 2, 2023
Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard

Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard

February 2, 2023
USWNT World Cup roster prediction 4.0: How SheBelieves Cup could impact selections

USWNT World Cup roster prediction 4.0: How SheBelieves Cup could impact selections

February 2, 2023
News Today

Copyright © 2022 NewsToday.

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
    • Business
    • World
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Fashion
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2022 NewsToday.