Alaska child care center operators say they are having trouble finding staff to meet high demand — including those on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, who are at half capacity due to short staffing.
ByChildcare provider Ariél Pino sings “Five Little Monkeys” with a group of toddlers at Little Bears Early Learning Center in Girdwood on June 1, 2023.
“So that’s 50% of our capacity being met,” said Heather Weafer, flight chief for child and youth programs at JBER in Anchorage. “And we have 266 military members that are on the waitlist, and 30 of them are single and active duty military members.” Weafer represents the perspective of military child care facilities on the task force. Another member, Jenny Taylor, works for the Bunnell House in Fairbanks, a child care center partnered with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She said she’s concerned about how much families must pay for child care. While the university helps pick up some of the operation costs, Taylor said, families are having trouble qualifying for help from the state.
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