Child care can cost more than a mortgage in Kansas, but providers can barely afford to stay open
Child care is expensive for families, yet it doesn’t bring in enough money for providers to grow or pay workers high wages. Kansas is at a crossroads.
Kansas families struggle to find child care, according to annual Kids Count report
Child care challenges have forced Kansas parents to give up or change jobs, while child care workers are paid worse than 98% of professions, according to a new report.
Kansas might let homes take more toddlers amid child care shortage. Critics worry about safety
Kansas child care providers worry that too many small children supervised by too few adults could threaten safety.
COVID-19 pandemic contributes to closure of 115 Kansas home child care providers
Economic disruption in Kansas associated with COVID-19 contributed to the demise of 115 family home child care providers in the pandemic’s first year and left nearly one-fifth of the state’s counties without child care slots for infants or toddlers, a new report said.
Survey of Kansas childcare facilities points to lingering challenges of COVID-19
A new Kansas childcare survey highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic continues to stretch the thinning network of providers by exacerbating staff shortages, deepening financial challenges, and amplifying occupational stress and burnout.
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