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Maryville nursery offers free emergency childcare to families in crisis

Staff at the Maryville Crisis Nursery, 6650 W. Irving Park Road, watch children on April 30, 2022. The Crisis Nursery provides free short-term care for parents in distress and experiencing a crisis. Staff and volunteers protect their children, birth to age six, from abuse, neglect or trauma. Children receive round-the-clock child care for up to 72 hours for each stay from events life events such as unemployment, parental illness or hospitalization, poverty and homelessness. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Nya Stroud, a staff member at the Maryville Crisis Nursery, joins in the fun as Keva, Kevon, Angel and Jamiah in working with their Play-Doh creations in the art room. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Stroud helps Kevon with his Play-Doh creation in the art room. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Angel is all smiles as he takes the lead on a bike in the gym. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Stroud helps Keva with try on a princess costume. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Keva, wearing her princess costume she recently put on in the “dress-up room,” smiles through a 3-D puzzle she assembled on April 30, 2022. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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