In quotes: an NPR report on an effort to expand family child care programs in Alabama

Thank you to @ManufactureAla President George Clark for sharing your insightful business perspective on Alabama’s child care crisis. Read his full assessment on @ALReporter, here: https://t.co/5gdCt5WQha

— Women’s Foundation of Alabama (@WomensFdnAL) May 24, 2023

“A new initiative in Alabama seeks to address the shortage of child care by supporting the creation of family child care homes. These small businesses aim to better serve the needs of working families.”

ANDREA HSU: “Holly Glasgow has dedicated her career to doing child care right.”

“She’s a child development educator at Shelton State Community College. She also directs a pre-K center on campus where 4-year-olds busy themselves with art and science and a make-believe flower mart.”

HOLLY GLASGOW: “Happy, healthy, safe is our goal. Learning takes place whether they know it or not.”

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HSU: “Child care in someone’s home — now, this is not a new idea. In fact, lots of women look after other people’s kids in their homes. But Glasgow envisions dramatically growing the number of family child care homes, populating neighborhoods with them. And she’s got funding from the Women’s Foundation of Alabama and the federal government to jumpstart that in Tuscaloosa.”

— “A new childcare program in Alabama is expanding childcare options for families,” by Andrea Hsu, All Things Considered, NPR, May 29, 2024