As pandemic-era funding dries up and state subsidies shrink, Tulsa’s child care providers are warning families to prepare for what comes next.
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Coalition calls for $30M per year to support child care programs
Nearly 20 partners have launched a campaign to drum up local funding for child care and after-school programs facing state-level cuts.
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March tornado didn’t just shut down Tulsa Tech campus. It wiped out day care for 40 families.
Tulsa Tech officials are promising to rebuild the Peoria Campus, which suffered severe damage. But it will take at least two years to finish the job.
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Tulsa hopes to keep more child care centers open with removal of sprinkler mandate
Hundreds of residential day cares in Tulsa will no longer have to pay for a commercial-grade sprinkler system after a unanimous council vote.
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‘By the grace of God’: Tulsa day cares caught between raising rates and keeping doors open
Fewer Oklahoma families will qualify for child care help in 2026 — and funding is already dropping. Tulsa’s neighborhood providers are feeling the squeeze.
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Private donation allows some Tulsa-area Head Start programs to reopen amid shutdown
Early childhood education programs in Tulsa, Washington, Wagoner, Mayes, Rogers and Nowata counties reopened Thursday.
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Perfect storm puts Tulsa child care providers at risk of shutting doors, cutting staff
The federal government shutdown has child care providers tightening their wallets and potentially taking drastic measures.
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Tulsa-area families seeking alternative child care options due to government shutdown
The government shutdown forced C.A.R.D. Head Start to close for the time being. Now, families are looking for answers.