by Karen Gilbert | Jun 28, 2023 | Media
“Experts are calling for increased efforts to help expand childcare services in the Treasure State. As a lack of access to childcare is causing some parents to leave the workforce. “We often refer to our state as being mostly a childcare desert, where it’s...
by Karen Gilbert | Jun 21, 2023 | Media
“The cost of child care is not only high in Montana, it’s high across the nation,” said Rhonda Schwenke, the program director for Montana Child Care Business Connect. “We know on average households pay just a little over $16,000 in child care annually. If...
by Karen Gilbert | Jun 20, 2023 | Media
“We are excited to launch the new website for Montana Child Care Business Connect, which is a valuable resource hub for all stakeholders in the child care industry,” said Rhonda Schwenke, Program Director of MCCBC. “The website is designed to empower child care...
by Karen Gilbert | Jun 14, 2023 | Media
“Carrie Spotted Bear, Zero to Five’s Montana Early Childhood Tribal Policy Coordinator, also shared Native language legislative updates. Hired in 2021, Spotted Bear shared that one of the revelations the organization has had is that early childhood language...
by Karen Gilbert | Jun 12, 2023 | Media
The Montana Child Care Business Connect Program, part of Zero to Five Montana, helps support the start, and expansion, of high-quality, early child care businesses in Montana, and they just unveiled their new online resource hub for all stakeholders in the child care...
by Karen Gilbert | May 1, 2023 | Media
Caitlin Jensen, with Zero to Five Montana, said the bill is an investment. Jensen said U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation data show for every $1 invested in early childhood education, $16 is returned in the form of lower special needs, higher grade level retention,...
