As ECE programs struggle to stay open during the pandemic, the lack of care impacts child well-being, family financial security and economic recovery.
“I do worry about the child care industry. I worry about what is going to happen even if we can reopen. Will there be enough children who can come? And how can you charge parents who are not working? What will all this mean for the families and for my staff?”
Trauma begets trauma, and child care providers cannot pour from an empty cup. Community care acknowledges the interdependence of us all – a lesson more and more of us have remembered again when it comes to child care in the pandemic.
DCDEE strongly encourages NC Pre-K programs to prioritize having students physically present in Pre-K classrooms for the 2020-2021 school year. Why?
Truist Charitable Fund contributed $50,000 to support North Carolina child care programs with the CCSA COVID-19 Relief Fund Chapel Hill, N.C., August 3, 2020: The Child Care Services Association (CCSA) COVID-19 Relief Fund received a $50,000 grant from the Truist Charitable Fund to support North Carolina’s child care programs. The CCSA
Predictability offers emotional protection to COVID-19 stress responses for young children. But, predictability is difficult to maintain when some child care family homes and centers don’t have the resources they need to stay afloat.
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