“About 200 child care providers, advocates and industry experts gathered in Helena this week to share their thoughts on the sector’s future and discuss possible solutions to the challenges plaguing it. They come from all over Montana, living and working in communities big and small.
Underlying the two days of programming was a fundamental assertion that child care is foundational to the economic growth of local communities and the state more broadly. To achieve that goal, organizers said, child care providers need support developing the tools to run their facility like it’s a business, because it is one.”
See the full story on the Helena Independent Record website.