A coalition of early years and childcare organisations and charities have come together to challenge the Government to invest in an early education system that works for all.
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Hundreds of thousands of dollars, originally intended to help low and middle income families afford daycare, is sitting in the bank accounts of childcare centres. But, due to the large surplus, the funds could now be going to higher income families as well.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Ashley Fox (center), owner and director of The Fox Den Childcare, LLC, takes an outing with some of the center’s preschool students. Childcare options are limited in Central Montana, and Fox is part of a coalition undertaking a survey to measure just how large the problem is.
Photo courtesy of Ashley Fox
Everyone talks about the problem; now there’s a group that wants to do something about it: the struggle working parents face to find childcare in Central Montana.
“We hear a lot about the lack of adequate childcare in this area,” said Carly Wheatley, development director with Snowy Mountain Development Corporation, the area’s economic development organization.