My spouse is on the board of our (nonprofit, non-university-affiliated) daycare, and listening to the calls where they try to figure out when and how to reopen is equally devastating and disconcerting. Here are a few of the things they have to consider (a thread):

1. If the daycare doesn't reopen soon, and if they can't get most of the families to come back, they probably won't have enough money to avoid going under. That means laying off teachers. And leaving working families without care in a town with a serious undersupply of childcare.

2. Even if families do want to come back, it's not clear that there will be enough staff to open the daycare. Some teachers have school-aged kids who need care. And most of the support staff are college students who've left town and probably won't come back until campus opens.

3. Even with enough families and staff to open, the daycare has to figure out how to pay for supplies to meet new regulations. PPE and coveralls for staff. Hand sanitizer and kid-proof dispensers. Etc. Those costs will have to be paid by families already paying $1K+/month/kid.

4. Even with enough families, teachers, supplies, the daycare has to figure out how to keep kids and staff safe:
-toddlers wearing masks
-limiting hugs and toy sharing
-changing drop off and pickup to keep parents outside while also having enough staff with kids inside

If government officials and business leaders are serious about opening the economy, they need to get a lot more serious about supporting the organizations - like daycares and schools - that workers rely on and that allow our economy to run.