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"The rising cost of child care services in the United States has created a challenge for many working parents: Should they keep paying for child care, adjust their work schedules to reduce expenses, or leave the workforce?"
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html
#Children #Family #WorkingParents #WorkingMom #WorkingFamilies #WorkingDads #Preschool #AffordableChildcare #Childcare

"The rising cost of child care services in the United States has created a challenge for many working parents: Should they keep paying for child care, adjust their work schedules to reduce expenses, or leave the workforce?"
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html
#Children #Family #WorkingParents #WorkingMom #WorkingFamilies #WorkingDads #Preschool #AffordableChildcare #Childcare

More evidence of a childcare crisis? In a recent survey by @uscensusbureau, roughly 61% of parents living with at least one child said they did not have any formal #childcare arrangements. Get more data here: https://bit.ly/3uyXUit

#Children #Childcare #AffordableChildCare #Education #WorkingParents #WorkingMoms #WorkingDads #Economics #PublicPolicy

Between 2019 and 2021, California lost more than 1,100 licensed childcare facilities and nearly 19,000 licensed spaces—more spaces than the number of children in Mendocino or 21 other California counties.

In 2021, child care spaces were unavailable for nearly a quarter of California children ages 0 to 12 with working parents.

This National Family Caregivers Month, revisit our blog series on the childcare crisis: https://bit.ly/3XOYq4X

#Children #Childcare #AffordableChildcare #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #PublicPolicy #Education #Caregivers #EarlyEducation #Preschool #Daycare

#FactOfTheDay: Licensed childcare spaces were available to only a quarter of California children with parents in the workforce.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/99/child-care-availability/table#fmt=262&loc=2,127,1657,331,1761,171,2168,345,357,324,369,362,360,2076,364,356,217,354,1663,339,2169,365,343,367,344,366,368,265,349,361,4,273,59,370,326,341,338,350,2145,359,363,340&tf=141&ch=1247,1248&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#Childcare #PreK #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #WorkingMoms #WorkingDads #Preschool #Daycare

(Photo is of children in a preschool classroom. Photo credit: CDC via UnSplash.)