ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With schools and many day care centers closed, states, local governments and philanthropists are scrambling to free up parents who are medical workers, emergency responders and others needed on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
The New York City schools chief has put out a call for sidelined educators to volunteer at emergency child care centers.
A hedge fund billionaire in Connecticut has pledged $3 million toward care for the children of hospital workers.
One analysis says at least 3.5 million children of health care workers in the nation’s most populated areas could eventually need emergency child care as the crisis intensifies.
