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Important updates regarding the Pre-Service Health and Safety Training Pathway As of January 15, 2025, the new training pathway will be extended to 18 clock hours and will cover all the required topics from the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). In addition, it will include other key subjects required by CCDBG and chosen by DES to help you create safe and healthy environments, reduce child care expulsion and suspension, include children with special needs, and build strong connections…

By: Ofelia Gonzalez A new survey says that more than three-fourths of Arizona voters believe the state should invest more in child care assistance programs for qualifying families. The survey findings highlight the connection between accessible child care, growing Arizona’s workforce and helping families be successful. The 2024 Arizona Voters’ Agenda is intended to ask about a range of issues and hot-button topics, said Amanda Burke, executive vice president of the Center for the Future of Arizona, the organization that…

By: Ofelia Gonzalez Shilo Murillo stood proudly at the gates of her preschool pointing out an update to the security system that would allow her to lockdown her school immediately in case of an emergency. “Before we couldn’t do it at all,” said Murillo, who is director of the First Presbyterian Preschool in Mesa. “We had to lock the door from the outside.” The security system is one of dozens of upgrades that the Mesa preschool, which can serve up…