Lawmakers Explore Ways to Cut Red Tape for Workforce Housing
OKLAHOMA CITY (OBV) — Oklahoma lawmakers are taking a closer look at how state regulations may be standing in the way of developing more affordable…
OKLAHOMA CITY (OBV) — Oklahoma lawmakers are taking a closer look at how state regulations may be standing in the way of developing more affordable…
A bill that provides employers and childcare workers a tax credit in an effort to remedy the state's childcare crisis succeeded in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday.
A bill that addresses Oklahoma's childcare crisis by providing employers and childcare workers a tax credit unanimously passed a House of Representatives subcommittee on Monday.
State Chamber of Oklahoma officials announced their agenda for the upcoming legislative session, giving their support to a range of bills that include economic development, income tax reform and growing the state's workforce through childcare reform and new educational pathways.
Paula Faris, a childcare advocate and former Good Morning America anchor, brought her fight for childcare reform to Oklahoma City, calling upon the state and other states across the nation to address the childcare crisis that impacts countless working families.
An interim study led by Rep. Suzanne Schreiber explored a crisis situation affecting parents across Oklahoma as well as the state's workforce and business community: lack of accessible and affordable childcare.
Rep. Suzanne Schreiber will host an interim study on childcare reform Thursday, in search of solutions for an issue that impacts countless parents across the state, preventing many from remaining in the workforce.
The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) awarded Rep. Suzanne Schreiber a high honor for her work in creating a law that will help make childcare more available across the state.
Childcare was one of Rep. Suzanne Schreiber's primary focuses this past legislative session, and she was determined to help Oklahoma parents reenter the workforce by making childcare options more available.
A bill that streamlines Oklahoma's family childcare home licensing regulations to make childcare more available to Oklahomans is now state law.