![Government Shutdown Would Impact Daycare Providers](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2010/12/wjon_tile.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Government Shutdown Would Impact Daycare Providers
ST. CLOUD -- If the government shuts down Friday, many daycare providers and their low-income clients will suffer a serious financial blow.
Marcia Reagan runs a daycare out of her St. Cloud home. She says some of her families won't be able to pay for daycare if the state isn't cutting assistance checks.
Reagan says the state has informed the families that they will have to cover the cost of the daycare during a shutdown, but she says they wouldn't be on assistance if they could afford to pay it. She says it is a "catch 22" for those low-income families.
But, the government shutdown would also impact her own family. Reagan says her family could weather a government shutdown for about a month until it would severely impact their finances. But, she says for low-income families any shut down will seriously impact their finances.
Reagan says the assistance won't be retroactive but food assistance checks would be.
More From AM 1240 WJON
![Investments Being Made to Help Make Childcare More Affordable](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2020/08/Daycare-Center.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Daycares Still Operating at Half Capacity As School Year Nears](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2020/08/Daycare-Center.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Daycare Facilities Feeling the Strain During Pandemic](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/01/GettyImages-461419692.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Walz: Minnesota Won’t Leave Anyone Behind During Shutdown](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Untitled-design-23.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Government Shutdown Delaying Bad Habit’s Move](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/IMG_0198-e1547230452405.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Day Care Owner Pleads Guilty to Hanging Toddler](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/07/Day-Care-Worker.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![St. Cloud VA Will Stay Open During Government Shutdown](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/11/St.-Cloud-VA-Medical-Center-Stock-Image.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Husband of Daycare Provider Charged with Sexual Assault](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/09/Handcuffs.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Fingerprint Law Has Daycare Providers Raising Questions](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2014/05/Fingerprint.jpg?w=980&q=75)