Proposed COVID-19 Relief Package Could Send Aid to Child Care Providers
January 15, 2021
Great Start to Quality Northwest Resource Center works hand in hand with local providers.
Their Co-Director, Mary Manner says this aid is essential.
“They survived over the summer okay because a lot of kids wouldn’t have been in care anyway,” said Manner. “As the fall progressed, the centers we’re able to stay open, but a lot of the home based providers began shutting down again.”
She says many child care providers are not making enough money to keep their doors open.
Manner says, “They don’t have benefits, they don’t have paid time off, they don’t have paid vacations. Many of them are barely, barely making a living.”