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Crisis Watch

The weekly state of the global childcare crisis. What happened, why it matters at your kitchen table, and where the source is — ending, always, with hope.

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Every report, every number, back to the beginning — the running timeline of despair and hope.

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June 2026

What happened in the childcare crisis this weekWeek 1

Missouri's new waitlist, Indiana's voucher backlog, the price of care — and what the Circle can do this week.

Next week

Edition twoWeek 2

Karmel will be back next week with the next dispatch. Same time, same place.

Why we write this Not doom for doom's sake — we don't have time for that and neither do you. Just a plain weekly accounting, cited to its sources, written mama to mama.
Keep reading: hear it straight from the founder in From Karmel's Desk, see how the crisis is hitting mothers everywhere in Momni goes global, and read where we go from here in the relaunch plan.