At the end of the month, Kentucky childcare providers will no longer receive the bulk of federal pandemic-era support. According to Kentucky Youth Advocates, the American Rescue Plan Act provided $24 billion nationwide to stabilize the childcare industry. Charles Aull is the executive director for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Policy and Research.
“It's creating a lot of major concerns about how childcare providers will respond to that. You know, because they've done things like increased wages and invested in in various other things.”
