After losing pandemic relief funding, child care providers still struggling

It's a child care provider's dream – the ability to focus on teaching, and playing, without having to worry about keeping the lights on. But a child care provider's reality sounds more like this: “We’re going to be getting this amount from the parents. We’re gonna have to raise this much through grants. We’re gonna have to be able to raise this much through fundraising. Have I talked to taking care of the children yet? No, I haven’t. All I’ve talked about is how to braid funds together in order to do the job," Hilary Roberts-King, executive director for Downtown Baltimore Child Care (DBCC).