Alabama day cares can open if they keep fewer than 12 kids to a classroom, according to Gov. Kay Ivey’s “safer at home” order, announced Tuesday.
But the bigger question for some day care owners is whether parents will feel comfortable sending their kids during the coronavirus epidemic; and if not, whether they can keep their doors open.
“If we lose half of our child-care centers, there is no rebooting our economy,” said Stephen Woerner, executive director for VOICES for Alabama’s Children, a statewide nonprofit works with child-care directors across the state.
“Child care is an industry that operates on razor-thin margins. They have to be at full capacity to make ends meet.”
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