SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Childcare providers across Savannah are expressing concern about how a prolonged federal shutdown could impact their operations, particularly funding for meals and subsidy payments that keep many centers running.

The owner of Happy Hearts Learning Center in Savannah told us the meals children eat while in her care are paid for with federal money.

That funding comes from the USDA food program.

It hits their accounts once a month.

They also rely on subsidy payments that they receive once a week.

Sanders said they received subsidy payments last week and hasn’t been told they won’t receive them this week. But given that she was impacted in the past by federal cuts, she’s concerned.

“A lot of our students are subsidy through CAPS so CAPS paid a big portion of the

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