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Live panel discussion about WNY child care crisis

Posted at 11:19 PM, Aug 01, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-01 23:19:42-04

Five panelists sat in on a live discussion on Main Street in Buffalo Wednesday evening about the child care crisis in Western New York.  The 30-minute conversation was the last of the three day dive by the 7 Eyewitness News Hiring 716 team.

Jackie Roberson, Jr., a single father in Buffalo, Felicia Williamson, mother and business owner of "My Precious Angels Childcare", Executive Director Sheri Scavone of WNY Women's Foundation and Social Services Family Independence Executive Director, Jacqueline Hall.

All five shared their thoughts on everything from why more businesses don't focus on child care to the ability to be able to afford it.

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