Childcare Advocates Ask for Funds to ‘Sustain What we Have’ Amid Closures, Waitlists

Mary Moody bought Silver Bluff Kids Early Learning Center in 2023, one of seven childcare centers set to close in western North Carolina at the time. The owners cited insufficient childcare subsidy funding. Today, the Canton center, where around 75% of children rely on child care subsidy funding, is facing the same cha…