Source: US State of Pennsylvania
February 25, 2025 – Pottsville, PA
ADVISORY – SCHUYLKILL COUNTY – Governor Shapiro to Visit Child Care Center to Highlight Proposed Investments to Recruit and Retain Child Care Workers, Expand Access to Quality Services
Governor Josh Shapiro will visit The Perception Training Center to talk about the major investments in workforce development in his 2025-26 Budget Proposal and his plans for expanding Pennsylvania’s child care workforce and making child care more affordable.
During his first two years in office, Governor Shapiro signed into law a historic expansion of the Child and Dependent Care Enhancement Tax Credit and created a new tax credit for businesses who want to contribute to their employees’ child care costs. Those two initiatives helped make child care more affordable – and the Governor’s proposal this year would make child care more available through an investment of $55 million to support child care workforce recruitment and retention grants.
WHO:
Governor Josh Shapiro
Senator David Argall
Representative Tim Twardzik
Michelle Dallago, Owner and Executive Director of Perception Early Learning, Inc.
Bob Carl, President and CEO of the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce
Meridith Driscoll, Parent
WHEN:
TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 10:15AM
WHERE:
The Perception Training Center, Inc.
1265 Laurel Boulevard,
Pottsville, PA 17901
LIVE STREAM:
pacast.com/live/gov
governor.pa.gov/live/
RSVP:
Press who are interested in attending must RSVP with the names and phone numbers for each member of their team to ra-gvgovpress@pa.gov.