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Councilors Reject Childcare Quality Contract | Concord News
New Hampshire’s Executive Councilors John Stephen and Joe Kenney stunned childcare advocates by rejecting a million-dollar federal childcare quality contract, opting instead to prioritize a workforce grant aimed at boosting wages and retention. Despite the funding being earmarked for quality improvement under the federally recognized Granite Steps program — one of whose pathways had been starved of resources since 2022 — councilors argue that fixing staffing shortages comes first. The workforce grant itself has been delayed since last June due to complex TANF funding hurdles, and new guidance…
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