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Childcare providers credit WBDC grants and coaching for growth, stress the need for self-care and peer networks
Summary
Front-line Connecticut childcare providers described using WBDC grants and coaching to expand capacity and hire staff, and panelists urged routine check-ins, support networks and modest self-care practices to address pandemic-era stress in staff, parents and children.
Childcare providers who received grants and coaching from the Women's Business Development Council described how the supports enabled growth and improved business practices, while panelists said attention to staff and parent mental health remains a top priority.
Marcela Rodriguez and Kamara Moody, both WBDC clients, described receiving opening, expansion and technology grants and using funds to buy…
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