Oregon’s child care assistance program, also known as the Employment Related Day Care program, will pause enrollment beginning this fall and open a waitlist for Oregon families seeking to access ...

The new child care reimbursement rates were effective June 1, 2022 and increasing due to the passage of House Bill 4005 in the 2022 Legislative Session. The average monthly reimbursement rates for ...

More than 7,600 Oregon families are ... “So they can’t get the child care that they need. I am a little bit shocked that we are struggling with enrollment and we aren’t the only ones.” ...

Rapidly growing enrollment in the state ... at the Bumble Art Studio day care in Astoria, Ore., Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. From Oregon to New York, demand for child care far exceeds supply.

Access to reliable, safe, affordable, quality child care is critical for families and Oregon’s economy ... hire centralized staff (such as payroll, enrollment and fee collection tools and ...

She held her then 5-month-old baby in a carrier strapped to her chest while she stood on the Oregon Capitol Mall with fellow child care advocates ... a child’s brain forms more than a million ...