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New Horizon Academy, a Minnesota-based childcare organization, has opened four schools in Nebraska this year with two more on the way.
Nebraska has been in the depths of a childcare shortage, like most of the U.S. The Buffett Early Childhood Institute estimated in a 2025 report that the state faces a potential gap of 17,568 spots, with a 2026 report showing the Omaha area faces a shortage of more than 4,000 potential spots…