There may be a way to help deal with a childcare desert in Geary County. That was a sentiment expressed by Commissioner Trish Giordano following a recent child care summit, noting that there may be a way to develop a childcare cast to help with the issue.
Giordano expressed some shock about numbers that she learned. "We are only taking care of 27 percent of the kids that need daycare or childcare. So that's very low. "
Giordano also commented at the weekly commission meeting that Geary County has about 4,200 kids under the age of six and Riley county has 4,500 kids under six. Giordano said that she was shocked at the fact that Geary County had almost as many childcare age youth as Riley County. The overall population in Riley County is larger than in Geary County.