Number of licensed child care homes continues to decline after end of stabilization grants

Number of licensed child care homes continues to decline after end of stabilization grants

By Katie Dukes Education NC The number of licensed family child care homes (FCCHs) in North Carolina has decreased by 22% since before the pandemic.  During the five years when pandemic-era funding was used to stabilize the state’s licensed child care programs, the number of licensed FCCHs decreased by 19%. Since the funding ran out at the end of March, they’ve decreased by 3% — the largest single-quarter decline in the two years since EdNC bega…