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Katie Bernard

Kansas lacks licensed child care for 84,000 kids. The shortage may get even worse

Amber Herbers schedules her days around her 7-month-old daughter’s nap times.

The Topeka area nurse case manager and mother of three started looking for child care for her infant when she was 3 months old. Her goal was to move her to day care when she was 6 months old.

But everywhere she called had a wait time that lasted around six to eight months.

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