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Dry-Date-6730 OP t1_ja3nve7 wrote

Reply to comment by mymaineaccount46 in Maine Child Care Subsidy by Dry-Date-6730

$1k a month for daycare?! Where do you think you would find that? For two kids I was paying a little over $1600/month.

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matroshka27 t1_ja54ozx wrote

I pay $500 a month for full time licensed childcare in Cumberland County. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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metalandmeeples t1_ja586dz wrote

Every parent here would love to know where.

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matroshka27 t1_ja5fgtm wrote

Brunswick!

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metalandmeeples t1_ja5gjbb wrote

And this is an actual daycare that the public could utilize? I'm right next door to Brunswick and everything in Freeport and Yarmouth is $275/wk on the low end.

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matroshka27 t1_ja5hmlz wrote

Yes, they are licensed with the state of Maine. You can find them on the Maine licensed child care search website, that’s how I found them 3 years ago!

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metalandmeeples t1_ja5l8iq wrote

I think you have, by far, the cheapest daycare in Southern Maine assuming that is the retail rate and isn't being subsidized. My sister-in-law is about to pay well over double that so I'll tell her to consider looking one town north instead of one town south.

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matroshka27 t1_ja5mxke wrote

I don’t even live in Brunswick. I drive there from Yarmouth because the daycare prices are so insane everywhere. Plus they’re great with my kiddo so I can’t complain. (Other than being tired from having to wake up early to drive to Brunswick 😅)

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metalandmeeples t1_ja5o3lc wrote

Well, your original comment came across to me as if you were saying "you people are crazy, I only pay $500/mo" but it sounds like you are well aware of what most parents in Southern Maine are paying.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_ja3pcw8 wrote

I was quoted 1k in the past and as I said in the post I split the subsidized and unsubsidized costs in your op. Plus not everyone has two kids in daycare at the same time. The number isn't crazy but even if we go with a full 1600, no subsidization for two kids the budget works. It just gets tighter.

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