As in other states, Maryland has experienced a decline in family child care (FCC) in recent years. The Maryland Child Care Policy Research Partnership project conducted a mixed methods study that examined the rate of decline in FCC providers in Maryland—including during periods of policy changes to Maryland’s scholarship program[1]  prior to the COVID-19 pandemic—and the reasons Maryland’s FCC providers reported closing.

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Footnote

[1] Maryland refers to child care subsidies that are funded through the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) as child care scholarships.