The Anchorage Assembly is hosting a series of work sessions with organizations and individuals who received COVID-19 relief funding assistance through assembly appropriations in 2021.
The Municipality of Anchorage is expecting more than $50 million in the next round of American Rescue Plan Act funds coming this spring, and some childcare providers in Anchorage are saying that recruitment and retention of staff, as well as just keeping their doors open are still some of the issues they are dealing with that they feel an infusion of funding could solve.Camp Fire Alaska
“At the beginning it was just a lot of unsure about you know, the virus. We didn’t know a lot at that point in time. So there are jobs that , we had several who lost their employment, and then a lot just went to work remote,” Eubanks said.She adds there was a real fear about her center possibly having to close its doors.
“Really to get where we need to be, we probably need to be back up around 140 to 150 staff to meet the need. We were seeing between 120 and 140 staff pre-pandemic,” Hooper said. She adds that in a competitive job market with workers transitioning for higher paying jobs, an infusion of funds would help with the recruitment and retention of staff.
Hooper said something she has been doing to recruit staff is shifting to focus to bring leaders into the field early to develop skill sets.
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