Local Group Looks to Lawmakers to Help Struggling Child Care Industry

Local group looks to lawmakers to help struggling child care industry

Five large centers are closing in just over a year.

Child care ‘is like paying a mortgage.’ New cost-sharing program is here to help

Nina Ward began looking for child care when she was only a few months pregnant.  Ward and her husband created a list of child care centers and set up tours, but the Kansas City couple repeatedly ran into the same problem: there were no infant spaces available. So they broadened their search and eventually found a center in Grandview that could take their daughter, A’ja. The center could initially only care for her on a part-time basis, and its l…