Child Care Connections crafts agreement to continue childcare support services

A recent agreement between two Bozeman area nonprofits is poised to stabilize the future of certain childcare resources for families in the Gallatin Valley region, after changes to state-issued child care service contracts this year thrust that future into question.

The Greater Gallatin United Way announced Tuesday it will be absorbing several early childhood learning and advocacy programs currently spearheaded by the Bozeman-based nonprofit Child Care Connections, which is closing its doors at the end of the year following a loss of state funding. Directors at both organizations characterized...