STANISLAUS COUNTY – Two local nonprofits have teamed up to create The In-Home Child Care Expansion Project. Stanislaus 2030 and Nurture have brought 67 new daycares to Stanislaus County since fall 2023, with plans on bringing 230 by the end of 2026.
“There was a huge shortage of child care providers in our region, and the number one issue we saw was that we needed 17,000 more infant and toddler slots in order to meet workforce demand,” Stanislaus 2030 Executive Director Amanda Hughes said.
Hughes said the county lost the most in-home daycares during the 2008 housing crisis. The total in-home daycares went from over 700 to under 300…