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When Child Care Centers Close, Parents Scramble to Adapt
Even at facilities that have remained open for essential workers, Perez added, profit margins are slimmer than they already were because of smaller group sizes, a need for more cleaning supplies and labor-intensive safety protocols. When parents are unable to pay, providers may have to shut their doors permanently.
Those closures have reverberating consequences, Perez said. For parents who cannot afford nannies, a lack of child care options exacerbates the risks for more job losses. Even family members, a common source of child care during the pandemic, might become unavailable as they have to go back to work.
“We’re hearing a lot of panic and a lot of fear about what’s going to happen because the options are limited,” Perez said. “We know that women disproportionately leave the work force when their child care breaks down. I think that what’s going to happen is, essentially, we’re going to just see an amplification of a problem that already exists.”
The email announcing the closure of Bright Horizons at the U.C.L.A. Westwood location was sent on April 16. “Based upon a review of available information, coupled with the low usage of the center by essential workers, the decision has been made, at this time, to temporarily close the center effective Monday, April 20, 2020,” the email read.
The message came as a shock to parents, who had been reassured that the center would remain open for essential workers and still are not sure when it might reopen. A survey sent in late May asked parents to indicate when they would like to resume child care. There was also a space for them to share their thoughts about parenting during this time.
The Westwood center has not yet responded to requests for comment. The center’s website says it is still temporarily operating. A spokesperson from the national office in Watertown, Mass., responded by email, saying that the company has been operating 150 child care centers with enhanced health protocols during the pandemic for health care workers, and that they are following official guidance in each state and region for reopening. “We made the decision to temporarily close the UCLA Westwood center because, by mid-April, very few families were still attending,” they wrote. The center also stated there may have been a potential coronavirus exposure when a teacher developed cold-like symptoms, but was not tested for Covid-19. “Based on all of these factors, we made the decision to close the center a few days earlier than originally planned.”
Frustrated by a lack of communication from the center during the closure, Adrienne Keener, a neurologist and a parent, learned of another nearby center from a friend. In order to get a spot there, she needed to take a tour, fill out an application and pay an application fee as well as a $1,200 registration fee. Her 4-year-old daughter will start there in June. “As America wants to open up and get back to work without considering child care,” she said, “it’s not going to be feasible for a lot families, especially with younger kids.”
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