Black Women Childcare Providers Face Peril as COVID-Era Funding Expires

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Black Women Childcare Providers Face Peril as COVID-Era Funding Expires

Kiley Russell, founder of Kemit Academy in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood (Photo Provided). By Nicole Jeanine Johnson Rosia Watson has been in the childcare industry for nearly 25 years. She’s watched generations of children go from learning to walk to walking across stages at graduations.  “I do it for the love of the children and their parents.”  Watson prides herself on the quality of care she offers her children. Before starting her Englew…