Childcare business program helps owners add jobs, grow capacity

To prevent abuse and neglect, support child care providers

Laurie Mead, the owner of Kyrie N’ Friends, a licensed child care facility in Soldotna, serves a hot meal for lunch every day. For some kids, she knows that this homemade entree may be the only hot meal they eat all day. When Mead learns that families in her program are struggling, she sets aside the leftovers for them to take home.

Childcare business program helps owners add jobs, grow capacity

Massachusetts childcare owners are receiving free business training to help meet the growing demand for services as workers transition back to in-person work.