Eye on the Triangle

Erie Mitchell 0:00
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Erie Mitchell 0:16
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Ellie Feaga 0:23
Good morning triangle listeners. Welcome to Eye on the Triangle. I'm Ellie Feaga. delivering new your weekly Monday morning news. The North Carolina childcare industry has been hitting some turmoil. Since the pandemic the industry has been receiving about three times its normal government funding. But that is all going away in October. The cost associated with providing childcare has increased substantially if businesses are barely staying afloat with the current allotment of funds. Early childhood teachers only make about an average of $14 per hour, which is not enough to cover basic needs. And it is anticipated that this may become an even less sustainable income in the coming year. The closures and childcare businesses has a larger impact on the entire economy than you might think. Because in areas where there's very little childcare available, there are less parents who can work and stimulate the economy in certain areas. Policymakers know that the entire industry of public childcare needs to be rebuilt with a more sustainable structure.

Ellie Feaga 1:27
This isn't the only industry being affected by changes in the budget right now. North Carolina homeowners can expect to see changes in their insurance rates in the coming year. The state insurance commissioner recently rejected the proposed new rate for home insurance. This plan would raise the insurance rate for weak and Durham counties by nearly 40% of the current rate with a 42% average rate increase across the state. The proposed rate is attributed to a combination of inflation and increased weather related damage reports. While the commissioner can continue to deny the proposed rates, they will eventually have to form an agreement or else the insurance companies will relocate to states with more profitable rates.

Ellie Feaga 2:06
On the topic of politics. Student engagement in voting is encouraged by NCSU's Pack the primaries organization, if you listen to Eye on the Triangle a couple of weeks ago when we visited the Student Involvement Fair, Pack the primaries was one of the many student organizations we spoke with. The active citizenry series is a series of political workshops held throughout the year for NCSU students. Attending four different workshops earns you an active citizenry certificate. Now not only is a notable accolade helpful for students in future career building, but the knowledge of voting is invaluable. One of the workshops pack the primaries interactive voting toolkit is a 45 Minute crash course on voting, and it's being held throughout the month of February. One of the four pack of the primary sessions was held last week in library but there are still three more opportunities to attend. The first two opportunities are in Tally room 4210 on February 15, from five to 6pm and on February 22, from five to 6pm. The third opportunity is held in Witherspoon's Student Center Room 201 on February 26 430, to 5:30pm And if you missed that, I'll say it one more time, February 15, five to six in Tally February 22, five to six in Tally and February 26 In Witherspoon from 4:30 to 5:30. Other workshops include but are not limited to dinner table conversation, dialogue and political polarization, ongoing inaccessible points of social change, and the two party system and third parties. You can look up NCSU active citizenry series to find out more.

Ellie Feaga 3:42
Lastly, we'll take a look at the weather for the upcoming week. Punxsutawney Phil the Groundhog currently being honored in a Tiktok made tribute musical told us that spring was coming soon. Unfortunately, we seem to be leaning in the opposite direction. Temperatures this week are falling after the high of this past weekend's temperature, keeping our temperature between the 30s and 50s throughout the week. I don't know if the locals qualify this weather as early spring or six more weeks of winter. But as a non native Southerner, I think it's not too bad. And that concludes your weekly news update. Thanks for listening and enjoy the music coming up. I'm Ellie Feaga with Eye on the Triangle and you are listening to 88.1 WKNC HD-1 Raleigh.

Shanteya Hudson 4:21
A North Carolina nonprofit is helping people from diverse backgrounds break into the technology industry.
By offering free intensive training in software development, Code the Dream is empowering underrepresented
people with limited financial resources. During the pandemic, Danielle Prioleau, a Maryland resident, says she
successfully transitioned into a new career by enrolling in remote courses with Code the Dream. Prior to finding
the organization, she says financial obstacles prevented her from entering the tech space.

Danielle Prioleau 5:01
I was looking into boot camps and a lot of boot camps can be like $10,000 which is as much as a car and already have student debt so that necessarily wasn't like the route I wanted to take that was trying to find boot camps that were essentially free.

Shanteya Hudson 5:18
Through Code the Dream and the support of her mentors, Prioleau says she became an apprentice and
ultimately got a job at the S-A-S Institute. She credits the organization for granting her access to a career she
initially thought was unattainable. The tech industry has long faced criticism for its lack of diversity. She says
Code the Dream is addressing this issue by eliminating financial barriers that have kept underrepresented people
out of the field.

Shanteya Hudson 5:41
Daisy Magnus-Aryitey from Code the Dream believes apprenticeship programs do diversify the
field, but says many companies lack the necessary resources to create them. She says Code the Dream fills this
gap by offering “tandem apprenticeships,” which allow people who typically wouldn't even get an interview in
the field to land jobs.

Daisy Magnus-Aryitey 5:59
immediately gives people a better platform to kind of showcase their skills and what they're capable of and how you know, wonderful and friendly and compassionate they are as colleagues and like instantly, people were just more confident.

Shanteya Hudson 6:15
Magnus-Aryitey says Code the Dream has forged partnerships with major companies, including Cisco and
S-A-S Institute, which offer apprenticeships. She says these lay the foundation for fostering talent from diverse
ethnic, racial and experiential backgrounds.
For North Carolina News Service I'm Shanteya Hudson. Foster trust indicators at public news service.org support for this reporting was provided by Lumina Foundation

Erie Mitchell 6:50
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