Child care advocates hope new state trust will help address Montana’s daycare crisis

Child care advocates hope new state trust will help address Montana’s daycare crisis

Nearly two years ago, Helena resident Christine Miller-Fitzpatrick became the latest in a long line of Montana parents who have turned their struggles finding child care into a new career.  With help from the nonprofit Zero to Five Montana, Miller-Fitzpatrick launched Larch Early Childhood Care, and has since built the business to two locations with five full-time workers serving 35 Helena families. She’s grown intimately familiar with the chall…