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Business, YMCA and chambers urge tweaks to child-care program; providers press for support to sustain infant‑toddler capacity
Summary
Business groups and YMCA providers told the Senate Appropriations — Human Resources Division that North Dakota’s child-care support programs need administrative fixes and provider support, emphasizing the critical shortage in 0–3 care and recommending provider subsidies and better outreach.
Representatives of the Greater North Dakota Chamber and the YMCA Alliance told the Senate Appropriations — Human Resources Division that House Bill 10-12 and related child-care measures are steps forward but need administrative fixes and provider funding to succeed.
Andrea Fenwick of the Greater North Dakota Chamber said employers report hiring difficulties and identified child care as a primary workforce constraint; she asked the committee to sustain the Working Parents Child Care Relief Program while increasing flexibility (for example, expanding eligible ages from 0–3 to…
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