More than 128,000 children lack access to childcare, according to the “Children’s Movement of Florida.” Resources are now expanding in Pensacola to address the need.
This week, the city is celebrating the official opening of the Alice S. Williams Center. This building was once the first Black library in Pensacola before it shut down in 1976.
Last May, Mayor Reeves announced a citywide “childcare access program.” It’s an effort to expand affordable care with this subsidized child care option in Pensacola.
“Any mothers and fathers out there want to drop their child off in the best possible care that they can get in the newest and safest building that they can have and make sure that it’s quality childcare when they go to work,” said Reeves.
This project was funded by a $500,000 African American cultural and historical grant from the state. It also received $300,000 from the Community Redevelopment Agency.