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CHILD CARE

The labor force in 9 area counties has declined but programs are seeking to change that.
Summer studies allow a group of lawmakers to gain context on important topics and bring in different sets of expertise. This year, they'll focus on nursing home sustainability and county issues.
House budget writers said they are still considering proposals to address child care shortages in the massive Human Services budget.
Child care is critical to North Dakota’s economy and directly correlated to the state’s workforce.

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Human Services Director Chris Jones joins Plain Talk to discuss complaints the handling of child care licensing, and we talk about Auditor Josh Gallion's war of words with the Legislature.
Robin Nelson, the CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Red River Valley, says on this episode of Plain Talk that bureaucratic delays can make it take as long as six weeks to on-board a new employee.
Court papers show 48-year-old Patricia Wick gave several different stories about what happened to 5-month-old Reed Nelson.
Senate bill would help address that problem.
Two bills before the Legislature in Bismarck would end the state's ability to remove drivers' and occupational licenses for nonpayment of child support.
Stories from the previous week that appeared on www.jamestownsun.com and in The Jamestown Sun.

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Substitutes will be paid directly from the child care center that needs them.
The recommendation from the North Dakota Child Care Action Alliance comes out of listening sessions held throughout 2022 about the child care crisis.
Both candidates for governor in South Dakota have an expansion of child care in the state as part of their campaign messaging. Some providers in the childcare industry say the secret to improving supply is a re-evaluation of licensing requirements that exacerbate staffing shortages and make entry costs prohibitively high in some cases.

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