Youth and Family Outreach, a day care located in a historic red-doored church on Cumberland Avenue in Portland, has been fully staffed for four straight months — the longest streak in three years. According to Executive Director Camelia Babson-Haley, the child care facility has seen constant staff turnover since the pandemic, a problem that was just beginning to steady thanks to boosts to a state-funded stipend program that gave early childhood workers an extra $240 to $540 per month on top of their regular pay.
