One in six jobs lost: the effect of the pandemic on childcare providers
As parents have missed or left work for childcare demands, facilities have seen a drop in attendance, and therefore, income
Carolyn Todd and her two sisters didn’t enter the childcare business for the money – when they opened in 1995 their hope was to give low-income parents in Senatobia, Mississippi, a place to get high-quality, affordable care.
It’s never been easy – but 2020 brought new challenges as attendance numbers dropped, strict new safety requirements were introduced and the families they served bore the brunt of the economic recession



