By Gracie Bonds Staples
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta/State News
July 6, 2010
For nearly a decade, after the economy forced her out of a corporate job, Carol Ann George-Roach took care of other people’s children.
She took pride in shaping young minds and sending them off to kindergarten prepared to learn. But not even child care, George-Roach found, was exempt from Georgia’s fragile economy.
As the recession deepened and parents’ work hours were cut or they lost their jobs, the Decatur mother tried to adapt, cutting her fees and, in a few cases, providing free care.
“This would have been my 10th year,” said George-Roach, 47, who was forced to shut down in May. “I held out for as long as possible but it wasn’t working out for me."
It hasn’t worked for a lot of Georgia child-care providers. Last year, the state lost 600 child-care centers and more than 1,800 family day-care homes such as George-Roach’s, according to a new study by Quality Care for Children, a non-profit that works to improve quality and access to child care.
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