In Lincoln, lawmakers fight to maintain child care aid as parents and providers struggle

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) – For the second time in three months, Kirsten Mahrt let the news sink in: Her 2-year-old’s child care provider was closing her doors.

Mahrt, a part-time speech-language pathologist, had used her background in child development to find the Lincoln provider who closed last month. Just as she had painstakingly chosen the first provider, who closed in November.

It’s incredibly stressful, she said, but at this point, she feels numb. For now, she’s relying on help from her parents to continue working three days a week…

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