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SALT LAKE CITY —Utah parents and child care providers gathered at the Utah State Capitol Wednesday to call on lawmakers to prevent the system from falling into crisis as it edges closer to what they described as a child care “cliff.”
“This crisis weighs on families regardless of income, location and party lines. This isn’t a Salt Lake concern, this isn’t a Wasatch Front concern, this isn’t a rural-urban or suburban concern; this is a Utah concern, and it should be a legislative concern,” said Brigette Weier, organizer for Care for Kids Network.
The call for intervention comes after federal child care stabilization grants ended on Sept. 30. Since the start of the pandemic, Utah has received nearly $600 million in emergency federal funding to ensure that the child care…
