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Iowa's Licensed Childcare Providers Struggle To Stay In Business

Childcare providers struggling to stay afloat? Perhaps you’re a working parent with young children who has adapted to having kids at home more of the time. Today’s show looks at how childcare has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Childcare providers in Iowa are struggling to stay afloat. Today’s show looks at how childcare has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer speaks with Natalie Krebs and Sheila Hansen about the rough ride childcare centers in Iowa have endured during the pandemic and why, roughly, half of the state’s licensed childcare centers have closed.

GUESTS:

· Natalie Krebs, health reporter, Iowa Public Radio

· Sheila Hansen, government relations director, early childhood specialist, Common Good Iowa

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Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River
Matthew was a producer for IPR's River to River and Talk of Iowa
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