Child Care Options for Healthcare Workers During the Pandemic

Below is a list of some resources for members who are looking for child care now that children have been sent home in both Wisconsin and Minnesota due to the coronavirus.

All YMCAs are offering childcare to essential workers, such as health care workers. There is a YMCA in Duluth, Superior, Virginia, and Grand Rapids.  Contact your local YMCA to find out more info, like hours.  For example, we know the Superior YMCA offers child care from 7am-5:30pm Monday through Friday.

All School Districts in Minnesota are also providing free child care to school age kids of health care workers.  Contact your local school district for find out the hours and locations.  For example, the school district in Duluth offer child care from 6:30am to 6:30pm at Piedmont, Lowell, Stowe, Congdon, Laura MacArthur, Homecroft, Myers Wilkins, Lester Park and Lakewood.

The state of Minnesota has set up a website that lists sites offering child care to essential workers.  Here is the link: https://mn.gov/childcare/  Wisconsin has set up a similar site at: https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/childcare/map

If you are looking for private sector childcare, Childcare Providers and Resources of the Northland is a useful facebook group you can plug into and search through.  Here is the link for that: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChildcareoftheNorth/