Proposed legislative reforms would loosen regulations on child care staffing and capacity

Proposed legislative reforms would loosen regulations on child care staffing and capacity

By Grace Vitaglione Child care providers and advocates spent the last year sounding the alarm about potential closures and/or price hikes when pandemic lockdown-era federal funding for child care centers dried up in July 2024. The North Carolina General Assembly passed two rounds of funding to keep the centers stabilized — until now. Those stabilization grants ran out at the end of March. And now the North Carolina Senate and House of Representa…

Child care programs consider closing following the end of stabilization grants

“I’ve been an advocate for a long time. I love children. I love families. But at some point, your hands are tied. What can you do?”  That’s what Cassandra Brooks, owner and operator of Little Believer’s Academy, says she’s been asking herself lately. She kept her small business running with the help of stabilization grants during and after the pandemic.… The post Child care programs consider closing following the end of stabilization grants appe…