Childcare survey seeks to help reduce Omaha poverty

Omaha officials launched a citywide childcare survey to help develop a Poverty Elimination Action Plan. The initiative is part of a 2024 state law mandate requiring the city to address local poverty.
OMAHA — In a quest to reduce poverty, Omaha leaders on Thursday launched a citywide parent survey on childcare. Representatives of the state’s most populous city — which, along with Lincoln, was mandated by a 2024 state law to create a Poverty Elimination Action Plan — will use survey findings to help its mayor shape […]
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