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  • For a fragile child care system, shared services and legislative activism show potential

    The State Early Learning Alliance is a membership organization of about 30 independent child care centers that pools resources to save money on essential services and free up time to focus on providing high-quality care. The group harnesses shared purchasing power to negotiate better deals for a wide range of necessary goods and services, including building maintenance, insurance, payroll and administration, food, and classroom supplies. Providers save thousands of dollars a year, which can help with skyrocketing child care costs and staff shortages due to low pay.

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  • Could community collaboration be the key to a better child care system?

    Building on an early-childhood initiative, the Monadnock district was able to quickly respond and provide childcare services for employees of the Monadnock district by partnering with the YMCA. The response was an effort to prevent employees from missing work during the pandemic due to lack of childcare. 32 children enrolled in the program. “I think of Impact Monadnock as a real beacon of the way a community can come together around early childhood [education].”

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  • Grocers seek to calm public during coronavirus outbreak

    The panic from the coronavirus pandemic has led many to stockpile groceries and household supplies, and grocers are addressing the surge in business by reallocating employees to different areas and implementing protective measures. From special store hours for senior citizens and protective barriers around cashiers to redeploying restaurant employees to other store management areas, grocers are doing what they can to respond to demand while also reassuring customers that the supply chain hasn't been interrupted.

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