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Day-care providers tell commissioners program rejections and lack of notification hurt families and centers
Summary
A Poland-area child-care owner told commissioners that county-managed early childhood enrollment and paperwork rejections are causing service gaps, and asked for help clarifying notices and appeals. County staff offered a follow-up and said staff would meet with the commenter after the meeting.
Donna Gibson, owner of a licensed child-care center in Boardman, told the Mahoning County commissioners on Oct. 9 that recent administrative changes and unclear notifications are harming care providers and the families they serve.
Gibson said centers often admit children while parents finalize paperwork because families must start work. She told commissioners that centers used to receive direct notice from county offices when a family's subsidized care eligibility was terminated, but now providers often learn only from parents. "When we call down here, you say we can't discuss it,"…
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