The Capital District YMCA is holding a series of job fairs to hire more than 150 staff members for its before- and after-school child-care centers.

“The CDYMCA is one of the largest providers of childcare in the Capital Region,” it said in a release headlined “YMCA Warns of Before and After-School Childcare Crisis in the Capital Region” that declared the area is “in the midst of one of the worst childcare labor shortages in the past thirty years.”

Impacted school districts include Burnt Hills - Ballston Spa, Galway, Shenendehowa, Bethlehem, Guilderland, East Grenbush, Mohonasen, Albany, Schalmont, Scotia-Glenville, Schenectady, Schodack, Coxsackie, and Duanesburg, the release said.

“Statistically speaking, when childcare locations close, communities of color are economically impacted the most,” said Dave Brown, president and chief executive officer of the Capital District YMCA, in the release. “We are working hard to prevent this crisis in our communities.”

Job fairs are being held at the following times and places:

— Aug. 23, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Guilderland YMCA at 250 Winding Brook Drive;

— Aug. 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem YMCA at 900 Delaware Ave.;

— Aug. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Glenville YMCA at 127 Droms Road in Scotia;

— Aug. 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Saratoga YMCA at 1 Wall St. in Clifton Park; and

— Sept. 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Schenectady YMCA at 422 State St. in Schenectady.

To apply online for a childcare job, go to CDYMCA’s employment page.