Addressing Childcare Costs Must Be a Federal Priority

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The tremendous gap between what parents pay for childcare, and what early educators earn, is a product of a broken market. It cannot be solved on its own. From JulieKashen:

And early educators, who are majority women and disproportionately women of color, have long been severely underpaid for their valuable and complex work.

Some will say that we already have a childcare policy in place. I want to address that. The Child Care Development Block Grant serves working families with low incomes, but because of chronic underfunding only actually receive assistance. Because of the lack of resources and limited reach, most families are not included at all.

from The Century Foundation and Center for Economic Policy Research finds that annual parental earnings will increase nationwide by $48 billion. Reduced business disruptions will generate $60 billion annually and expanding the early learning sector will yield $30 billion annually.

 

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