How COVID is still affecting early care and education six years later

How COVID is still affecting early care and education six years later

A child care provider and toddler look out the window at Rise for Baby and Family in Keene. (Photo by Maya Mitchell/ New Hampshire Bulletin)Ask any child care provider about the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and you’re likely to hear a variation of one answer: “I can’t believe it’s been six years.”  On March 13, 2020, when former Gov. Chris Sununu declared a state of emergency in New Hampshire because of a new, rapidly spreading disease,…