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Child‑care providers push peer‑review and free‑care pilot for workers in budget hearings
Summary
Multiple child‑care operators and CEO Project representatives urged senators to include a peer‑review appeal process and Senate Bill 177 (free childcare for child‑care workers) in the budget to stabilize the workforce and reduce closures.
Child‑care owners and advocates urged the Senate Finance Committee to add two workforce‑focused proposals into the operating budget: (1) restoration of a peer‑review appeal process for licensing decisions and (2) adoption of Senate Bill 177, which would provide free child care for child‑care workers in exchange for work.
Multiple witnesses — including Nafree Cook (CEO Project), Sandra Phillips (Pitter Patter Learning Center), and Tashianna Quachie (owner of multiple centers) — described low…
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