{"id":99266,"date":"2026-01-28T23:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99266\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T23:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:55:12","slug":"pennsylvania-offering-bonuses-for-child-care-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99266\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania offering bonuses for child care workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">YORK, Pa. (WHTM) \u2014 Child care workers in Pennsylvania could get $450 bonuses, but the deadline is approaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lawmakers earmarked $25 million for recruitment and retention bonuses for the state\u2019s 55,500 licensed child care workers. To receive the funding, providers must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pakeys.org\/elrc-25-05\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fill out an application online;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fill out an application online<\/a> before the Jan. 29 deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\" data-ylk=\"slk:Close;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch for us in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Subscribe Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pennsylvania Department of Human Services leadership dropped by York Day Early Learning on Wednesday to encourage providers to apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis center is going to be able to provide services 24 hours a day,\u201d said Andrew Barnes, the department\u2019s executive deputy secretary. \u201cSometimes we forget about those individuals that work on second shift and third shift, and they say, \u2018What am I going to do with my children?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YORK, Pa. (WHTM) \u2014 Child care workers in Pennsylvania could get $450 bonuses, but the deadline is approaching.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,5714,30,29,48466,6651],"class_list":{"0":"post-99266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-department-of-human-services","10":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","11":"tag-pennsylvania-news","12":"tag-retention-bonuses","13":"tag-whtm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}