For the child-care sector, the situation caused by COVID-19 is grim. Without quality, reliable child care, families can’t return to work and our economy can’t fully recover. Yet small child-care businesses are buckling under the prolonged impacts of this pandemic, suffering from closures, reduced capacity, shifting family preferences, and increased costs for cleaning and protective equipment. This leaves the entire sector – and our ability to restart the economy – on the brink of disaster.