A caregiver looks after a baby at Dottie’s Family Child Care in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, on March 17. | Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Things are getting worse. Here’s what providers need now.

Deborah Corley Marzett hasn’t missed a day of work since the pandemic started.

When supplies like toilet paper and paper towels were scarce, the family child care provider was up before dawn to stand in line at the store. When schools were closed and older children started to come to her for remote learning, she bought new tables and upgraded her internet so they could Zoom into their lessons. When Covid-19 brought new ventilation requirements, she enclosed her porch to build a safe place with plenty of airflow where kids could play.

But none of this came cheap. The internet alone costs