This is the 15th blog in our series on the Early Care and Education (ECE) Implementation Working Group. For more information ...

Garrett said the program was established to target a specific set of people ... ensure all children have access to free or affordable child care and early education. We have the employers at the table ...

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Bond was set Monday at $1 million each for a Stanley man and woman charged late last week in the March death of their 3-year-old foster daughter.