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Helping ALICE Working Parents and Child Care Providers Rise
In New Jersey, ALICE parents struggle to afford child care, while child care providers struggle to stay afloat. United In Care can help.
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Hard Work Pays Off For United In Care Home-Based Child Care Providers
While achieving a quality rating from New Jersey's child care rating system is not easy, our United In Care providers say it's worth it.
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Making the Case – Rallying for Child Care at the State House
United In Care staff joined child care advocates in Trenton to urge New Jersey to support the child care industry.
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Empowering Spanish-Speaking Child Care Providers
United In Care empowered family child care providers to see themselves as business owners at a recent conference.
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United In Care Fills Gaps For ALICE Families Who Can’t Afford Child Care
United In Care Tuition assistance program proves critical to helping ALICE families access child care
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Helping Child Care Business Owners Build A Successful Future
United In Care assists providers in establishing fiscal planning to create a more sustainable business Stacey Cummins, owner of Little...
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Children with Special Needs Find Comfort During Summer at a South Jersey Child Care Center
United In Care funded summer program at Glassboro Child Development Center focuses on pandemic-related child development issues
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Summer Program in Jersey City Addresses Pandemic-Related Learning Loss
United In Care sponsors Busy Place Early Learning Center's summer program to help combat the effects of the pandemic on children's...
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Child Care Providers Help Children, Families Make Healthy Eating a Habit
United In Care’s food nutrition initiative provides families with ingredients and instructions on cooking healthy meals together A group...
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For Child Care Providers, Every Penny Counts
United In Care's Shared Service features, like bulk purchasing, can help family child care providers be more financially stable.
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Riding the Tech Wave to Improve Child Care
Family child care providers understand the need for technology, but providing support and training is key to increasing adoption Alicia...
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Raising the Quality of Child Care in New Jersey
United In Care helps providers navigate the Grow New Jersey Kids quality improvement rating system Recently, Michele McEnroe, a...
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Child Care Providers Prove There's Strength in Numbers
Strong bonds are forged through United In Care's network Cynthia Russell was feeling bogged down in the details of launching her own...
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Improving the Child Care Industry...One Professional at a Time
United In Care pilot project inspires business mentorship and peer support Joan Dillon is helping to polish the professional attributes...
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Senators Booker and Menendez Champion $1 million for ALICE Initiatives
United In Care and United For ALICE@Work receive federal funding to address racial and financial inequities Backed by both Sens. Cory...
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New York Jets and United Way Build New Playground
Hometown Huddle program helps build playground for Parsippany Child Daycare Center United Way of Northern New Jersey joined with the New...
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Rep. Sherrill, First Lady Murphy & United Way Launch Early Education Program in District 11
Federally funded project currently recruiting home-based child care providers for shared-services network Rep. Mikie Sherrill, (NJ-11)...
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United Way Receives $1.1 Million From Congress To Reverse Child Care Deserts
Backed by Rep. Mikie Sherrill, United In Care project funded for N.J.’s 11th Congressional District Backed by Rep. Mikie Sherrill,...
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United Way Receives $50,000 Grant to Launch Child Care Food Program
Reinvestment Fund Award to Support Healthy Eating Campaign and Bulk Food Purchasing United Way of Northern New Jersey has been approved...
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New York Jets and Quidel Donate At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits
UWNNJ distributed kits to child care providers and caregiver partners During the height of the latest outbreak of COVID-19, United Way of...
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