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Local advocates say many North Country providers and centers will receive the grants, but that the money won t address the deeper financial trouble than many are in.
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LOWVILLE â You have children. You have to work. The limited child care options you can find all have waiting lists or are too expensive. Then, thereâs the issue of safety for your children in whatever care scenario you can find.
School shutdowns and home schooling made the dearth of child care in Lewis County impossible to ignore for some, but many family members helped to dull the impact.
Now that more and more people are going back to their jobs, child care challenges loom larger than ever.
Lewis County Economic Development and the county Planning Department are trying to do something about it. Jefferson County Economic Development on Thursday morning approved its involvement in the project by authorizing $45,460 to pay for its share in the program.
This impact is greater with childcare centers more than family childcare homes. “The problem with family childcare homes is that the provider population is aging, and providers, many, are getting ready to retire,” Basiliere said. “We do not have a strong pipeline of new programs coming to be.” One reason for this dilemma is that it is increasingly difficult to get a program licensed. “There is a lot of red tape and there are a lot of fire, safety and health requirements,” she said. Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed child care in his recent NY FY 2022 Executive Budget briefing. Cuomo has proposed $6 million for startup grants for child care programs located in child care deserts.