MDHS dedicates $47 million in CARES Act money to assist child care centers
Vanessa Lowe 2020-09-01T16:47:13+00:00(Jackson, Miss.) – As part of the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package passed by Congress in March 2020, the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) has dedicated $47 million to assist child care centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child care providers were hit hard by the onset of the novel coronavirus, causing most centers [...]
MDHS, ECA, and MECIC supports providers, families with innovative training
Vanessa Lowe 2020-09-01T16:47:19+00:00(Jackson, Miss.) – The State of Mississippi has not endured anything quite like the effects of the novel coronavirus in the last hundred years. The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) is helping child care providers and families navigate this unprecedented environment with coaching and training through partnerships with the Mississippi Early Childhood Inclusion Center, [...]
CCAIR Grows Up
Morgan Stewart 2020-09-01T16:47:26+00:00Training becomes an essential resource for child care centers and pre-k learning collaboratives operating in a COVID-19 environment (Jackson, Miss.) – The Childcare Crisis Assistance in Isolation Response Plan (CCAIR) was initially designed at the onset of the pandemic by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Health [...]
MDHS provides millions to help child care providers and parents during pandemic
Allison Bullock 2020-09-01T16:47:34+00:00(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) has dedicated more than $50 million to assist child care providers and families in need of child care in a safe, healthy environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. MDHS’ Division of Early Childhood Care and Development (DECCD) made child care providers a priority when the pandemic caused [...]
Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative offers working single moms hope for the future
Morgan Stewart 2020-09-01T16:49:16+00:00(Jackson, Miss.) – Low-income, working, single mothers have a resource to help them move from a state of crisis to a state of self-sufficiency through the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative (MLICCI) funded in part through a TANF grant provided by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS). The Mississippi Low-Income Child-Care Initiative serves [...]
