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Like many parents across Kansas, Edwards County Extension Agent Trisha Greene was having great difficulty finding day care in Kinsley, where she lives and works. After visiting with the local economic development director, they decided to put together a committee to search for solutions.

There is a nationwide need for child care, and Marion County proves to be the same. According to data gathered by Child Care Aware, out of 11,865 residents in Marion County, there are 658 under the age of 6, and 507 of those children have both parents in the workforce. Read the full

The U.S. child care industry is at the point of market failure, a representative of Kansas’ Child Care Aware program told a group of Hays Chamber members Friday. Child care costs more to provide than families can afford to pay, said Jennifer Burgardt, community outreach and