Salt Lake County proposes summer camps as families brace for closure of county day cares

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: March 27, 2026

Words: 645

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Salt Lake County is preparing to close its child care centers at the end of May potentially widening the gap for access to child care services among low-income families, but some extra services may become available during the summer.

Some of the options staffers highlighted to the Salt Lake County Council this week were county-sponsored summer camp expansions starting this year while kids are out of school. One would be a licensed summer camp, led …

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