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In early 2020, Educational Service District 112 was serving more than twice the number of students in its child care and early education centers than it is today.
Since that time, Southwest Washington has lost a higher percentage of child care capacity than any other region in the state; about 25 percent of the region’s child care capacity has disappeared due to program closures since 2020, according to ChildCare Aware of Washington.
