Troubling trends in Montana may have made the pandemic harder for children according to the latest Annie E. Casey’s KIDS COUNT report. Xanna Burg, KIDS COUNT coordinator with the Montana Budget and Policy Center, says one is the recent rise in Montana children without health insurance up to about 15,000 in 2019. https://northernbroadcasting.c...
KIDS COUNT Montana Report Highlights Child Care Needs
A new report done by KIDS COUNT Montana lays out challenges parents face when securing child care in Montana. According to the report Montana averages just one child care slot for every three kids under the age of six. It also found the average wage for a childcare worker was just under $11 an hour, or about $23,000 a year. According to MTN Ne...