Workers, businesses and Durham legislators search for ways to combat the child care crisis

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 545

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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The child care crisis is familiar to most working parents looking for a place to enroll their children.

Child care is expensive: in Durham, the average cost of infant/toddler care in a five-star center is more than $20,000 a year. And in some parts of North Carolina, it may be next to impossible to find a space in a center or home-based daycare, especially in rural areas.

Day care operators, child care workers, and …

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