‘Let the little children come to me’: SC moms lack childcare options

By: Jessica Kaneft

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: September 23, 2026

Words: 865

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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I spent an afternoon calling more than 50 childcare centers in one Sumter ZIP code. I called every single one.

A mother we were trying to help had an infant and a school-age child, whose father had been deployed. She needed care for both children on a schedule that didn’t align with 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Her job, like so many available to mothers here, needed her some evenings and weekends, not the typical …

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