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Experts: Noem’s child care funding needed, but far from a solution to daycare crisis
Gov. Kristi Noem wants to spend $100 million to boost child care offerings across the state, but experts say it will take more than a one-time government investment to expand access to quality daycare for working parents in South Dakota.
South Dakota is facing a child care crisis in which
Special report part 3: Experts offer potential solutions to child care crisis in S.D.
Two recent in-depth studies were conducted on the shortage of child care in South Dakota, one examining the situation statewide and another focused specifically on Sioux Falls.
Here is a look at the recommendations on how to improve access to affordable, reliable, quality child care, according to the two reports.
Special report part 1: Child care crisis in SD hurting families, employers and state economy
The signs of the workforce shortage in South Dakota are as omnipresent as they are ominous.
“Now hiring” signs on nearly every business. Fast-food restaurants with shuttered dining rooms. Delayed building construction. Long wait times for consumer goods and services. And a nursing shortage that in mid-December led Monument Health
Many South Dakota parents hesitant to get children vaccinated against COVID-19
Compared to other Great Plains states, South Dakota is off to a slow start in getting children ages 5-11 vaccinated against the coronavirus.
With child vaccines available for nearly a month, so far only about one in 20 eligible South Dakota children aged 5-11 has received a dose of the
Child-care options in SD dwindling at a time more parents are returning to work
South Dakota parents trying to return to work after pandemic-caused layoffs, furloughs or job changes may have a hard time finding child care as state day-care providers struggle to survive amid decreased business and increased costs.
Day-care centers, preschools and state registered in-home day-care providers were struggling against high costs,
Effort begins to reduce risk of death of SD mothers during childbirth
New or expectant mothers in South Dakota — and across the United States — are dying during or after childbirth at higher rates than in nearly every other industrialized nation, and evidence suggests as many as 60% of maternal deaths are preventable.
Nine mothers in South Dakota died in 2018 within a
Thousands of South Dakota children are trapped in poverty
RAPID CITY, S.D. – More than 40,000 South Dakota children, from infants to teenagers, live in families with incomes low enough to qualify for the federal food stamp program, creating challenges for a fruitful childhood and a prosperous adult life.
The number of children in South Dakota families receiving