The Adirondack childcare shortage is the reflection of a nationwide problem, and there has been an infusion of state and federal funding for the industry as it emerges from the pandemic.
In 2021, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services awarded $900 million in Child Care Stabilization grants to 15,000 providers; a second round of childcare stabilization funding, about $208 million, went to 12,578 providers in 2022. Payments were sizable. During the first round
