Communities for Kids: News & Media Stories

Pleasanton selected for 'Communities for Kids' Initiative (NewsChannel Nebraska)
Friend Learning Center gets creative to end childcare crisis in rural Nebraska
RELEASE: We Found Solutions to Address Child Care Shortages: The Answers are in America's Communities
Volunteers transform building to open nonprofit childcare center in Deshler (10/11 News)
Parents of five convert care home into childcare center in Hebron (10/11 News)
Gering schools celebrate completion of new preschool built by construction trades students (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held for New Gering Preschool (Nebraska Rural Radio)
'This must change’: UNK initiative targets state’s early childhood workforce shortage
These Federal Policies Support Spanish-Language Child Care (Early Learning Nation)
Early Childhood x Gering, NE: Advancing Community Solutions (Stanford Center on Early Childhood)
Rural Nebraska town ends childcare desert with new daycare facility (Rural Radio Network)
New child care center opens in Thedford, ending years of child care desert (North Platte Telegraph)
Community of Elwood works to fill gap in childcare needs for local families (KRVN)
Local businesses recognize importance of quality early childcare in Colfax County (Columbus Telegram)
A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took (The Hechinger Report)
Loup City cuts ribbon on Sherman County Sprouts (KXFL)
Milford debuts new childcare center (Seward County Independent)
Burwell invests in critical infrastructure, by opening new childcare center (KFXL)
Elm Creek community selected for Communities for Kids initiative (NTV)
Childcare advocates say quality early childhood education directly impacts lifelong health (KRVN radio)
Dawson County communities address child care shortages (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
NGage works to build partnerships (Beatrice Daily Sun)
For the future: Early childhood education talk draws crowd (Columbus Telegram)
16 Nebraska Communities to Expand Child Care Availability Through ARPA Funds
We Care for Kids Campaign launches (Fremont Tribune)
Community discusses childcare shortage with state, local resource providers (Syracuse Journal-Democrat)
Economic development delivers toys to support daycares (NewsChannel Nebraska)