The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska announced Tuesday night that it will abruptly close two Anchorage child care programs and lay off all of the staff, saying it could not make the finances work.
“After weeks of analysis, bridge-funding efforts, and restructuring work to address a financial situation years in the making, the Board of Directors has made the deeply painful decision to cease operations of our Clubs and licensed Childcare,” officials wrote in a statement.
The afterschool care program at Turnagain Elementary and the Woodland Park child development center will cease operations on Dec. 24, the statement says. Staff are set to be laid off two days later…