Weirton Daily Times – Providers and advocates for childcare in West Virginia are pleased funding has been found to hold off a looming shortfall in childcare subsidy funding until the end of the year, but they’re not pleased with how this was communicated.
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Several childcare advocacy groups rallied Sunday in the front of the Capitol on the first day of August legislative interim meetings. The groups called on the Department of Human Services and the Legislature to work on the long-term need of expanding access to available and affordable childcare.
“Childcare providers like myself are doing everything we can to keep our doors open,” Jennifer Trippet, owner of Cubby’s Child Care Center in Bridgeport. “We are stretched thin, trying to balance skyrocketing expenses and the need to provide fair wages to our teachers who are the heart of our programs.”
