In today’s rundown: Parents struggle to find child care for their children as subsidies fail to keep up with demand. | Prince George’s County teens get access to safe summer programs. | An ad campaign reminds local fathers to “take time to be a dad.”
— Federal subsidies for child care are failing to keep up with rising demand, leaving an increasing number of low-income families struggling to balance work and parenting. Click here to read how this is effecting parents, particularly low-income, single women.
— Later today, teenagers in Prince George’s County will attend Youth Explosion, a program that promotes safe activities and helps teens find summer jobs. The program is for kids between 12 and 18 and is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tabernacle Church in Laurel.
— Some local dads say they’re paying attention to parenting messages on bus shelter posters. The posters say “Take time to be a dad today” and offer suggestions for activities parents and children can do together. According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, one-third of kids in American grow up in a home without their biological fathers. Click here to find out why some fathers say the ads are working.