Licensed child care availability up 21% in Juneau

Issy Kako-Gehring holds her two-year-old daughter, Ally. Kako-Gehring runs the Gehring Nursery School in Juneau. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/ KTOO)
Licensed child care availability is up 21 percent in Juneau compared with last year, according to a local organization.
Child care providers and its supporters say that’s good news for a market that historically has struggled to meet demand.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/09/05CHILDCARE.mp3Joy Lyon is the executive director