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After two years of receiving federal subsidies, 220,000 child care programs across the country lost funding

Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. The first-generation college graduate said she wouldn’t be able to finish law school without access to reliable daycare. Providers say millions of children and their families are now at risk of losing that vital service.

WILLIAMSON — A Williamson man and woman were arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver, drug conspiracy, prohibited person possessing firearms and two counts of possession of incendiary

Providers say millions of children and their families are now at risk of losing that vital service. After two years of receiving federal subsidies, 220,000 child care programs across the country were cut off from funding Saturday. The largest investment in child care in U.S. history, the monthly payments ranged from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars, and stabilized the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For years, providers have been raising alarm about an unsustainable business model that burdens families with high costs and leaves centers with razor-thin profit margins.