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Child Care Challenges During COVID 19 are Creating Creative Solutions, Yet Challenges Remain

Chris Bolt/WAER News

  The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of our community, and childcare schedules and norms are one of them. Providers are struggling to stay afloat while parents are trying to figure out when and what kind of childcare is the safest, best option.  Schools, community centers and even cultural institutions are trying to find ways to help.  WAER's Chris Bolt reports on some of the creative solutions that are helping parents through diffiucult times.

  

 

Chris Bolt, Ed.D. has proudly been covering the Central New York community and mentoring students for more than 30 years. His career in public media started as a student volunteer, then as a reporter/producer. He has been the news director for WAER since 1995. Dedicated to keeping local news coverage alive, Chris also has a passion for education, having trained, mentored and provided a platform for growth to more than a thousand students. Career highlights include having work appear on NPR, CBS, ABC and other news networks, winning numerous local and state journalism awards.