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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daycares operate on razor thin margins during the best of time. Despite getting PPP grants, our downtown DC daycare has taken a huge hit during the pandemic due to cohort restrictions and a loss of infant revenue (there is a huge drop in demand for infant spaces). Tuition is going up, and in some cases hours reduced, so daycares can remain open. [b]This is why childcare needs federal support.[/b] [/quote]

I agree, but it’s not happening, sadly.  We are so behind other western nations when it comes to childcare and family leave policies, but it seems most Americans prefer it that way.[/quote]

Federal dollars come with even more strings and red tape.  Child care facilities already, understandably, jump through VDSS  and Fairfax County hoops.  I don't know of any now independent pre-schools/day care facilities willing to be encumbered by the feds so they steer clear of even advocating for such a relationship.  The CARES Act loan $$ was intended to be a grant, which is fine.  Schools simply had to prove to their  bank they'd used it for salaries, PPE, filters, etc. and the loan was made a grant.  If the feds let an establishment run with alternative forms of accreditation/licensing/accountability and not additional federal red tape, some might consider it.[/quote]

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