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College Park task force urges city-run child-care information hub, grants and incentives to expand capacity
Summary
A city task force presented a review of local child-care shortages, recommending an information clearinghouse, small capital grants for home-based providers, capacity-improvement grants, a property tax credit and a temporary city-run scholarship or stopgap support to cover families while state scholarships are frozen.
A city-appointed Child Care Task Force told College Park—ity Council on Oct. 7 that rising costs and the loss of smaller home-based providers have left many families scrambling for infant and toddler care and urged immediate local steps to expand both information access and capacity.
The task force summarized state-level research and local interviews, reporting a 15% decline in providers statewide and a 5% drop in overall licensed capacity, trends it said are especially acute in the Washington, D.C., region. The presenters said the Maryland childcare scholarship program has been "frozen to new enrollments since May," leaving some families without expected financial help. The task force also described nonrefundable wait-list fees that…
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