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Child care choices limited for those working outside 9-to-5
September 17, 2017
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Heather Peele is just like any other mom rushing to pick up her child at day care after work. Except, it's 2:30 a.m., and her 6-year-old daughter has been sleeping for hours at a 24-hour child care center near the Las Vegas airport.
Parents like Peele, a casino cocktail waitress, who work outside traditional business hours often are lost in the national conversation about access to child care and early education. Read more…
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More than college tuition: ‘We have a childcare crisis in this country’
February 13, 2018
Washington - One call was all it took for mom-to-be Jennifer Kauffman to nearly drop the phone.
“The very first day care we looked at quoted us $2,100 a month,” said Kauffman, a Northwest D.C. resident. “It was a shock to our system.”
The cost of child care in the U.S. is on the rise, surpassing the price of college tuition in 30 states and the District of Columbia. Read more...
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Strike by Childcare Workers Highlights the Wage Ghetto Among Nonprofits
March 5, 2018
...Earlier this month, a one-day strike by the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago’s unionized childcare staff forced 10 early childhood sites to close their doors and made the families they serve scramble for alternate arrangements for their children. The workers, represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) made the decision to strike to illustrate the difficult situation they face because of the Y’s pay scale. Read more...
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Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery provides safe, confidential temporary childcare
February 20, 2018
SPOKANE, Wash. - Being a parent can be overwhelming at times, and when things become too much to handle, there is help in Spokane.
The Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery is a confidential and non-judgmental service in Spokane for parents to leave their children, knowing those kids will be safe and well taken care of. Read more...
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The lack of professional child care has reached crisis proportions, causing havoc for Traverse City parents, employers, and child care providers alike.
At many local centers in TC, there are months-long waiting lists for child care for infants and toddlers; outside of town there are child care “deserts” where the closest licensed provider is miles away. Low wages, on top of state regulations that keep child care providers spending and scrambling to adhere, have made child care a scarce commodity. Read more...
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TRI-CITIES, Wash. – Childcare centers in the Tri-Cities say they are struggling to stay afloat, at the same time parents say they simply can't afford the rising costs.
Plus, with new teaching regulations slated to come next year, providers said some centers are expected to close. Read more...
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Minnesota's Childcare Crisis
December 12, 2017
globalnews.ca
A new report shows child care costs are rising faster than inflation, straining pocketbooks and raising questions about whether billions in new federal spending will make daycare more affordable for those who want it.
Toronto remains the most expensive city for child care, where median daycare costs families about $21,096 a year.
The cheapest spaces are in Quebec, where provincially regulated and subsidized daycare has a median cost of $183 a month, or $2,196 a year. Read More...
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November 22, 2017
deseretnews.com
In a perfect world, Ashleigh would be able to stay at home and "watch her kids grow up."
But her husband's $14 per hour wage as a foreman/maintenance man isn't enough to make ends meet for the family of four.
Ashleigh, 23, has thought about working at night so she could be home during the day with her 3-year-old and 1-year-old, but it's hard to walk away from her receptionist job that pays $11.50 an hour — a decent wage in Kanab, a small tourism-fueled town nestled on the Utah/Arizona border.
Recent daycare closure highlights growing child care crisis
November 17, 2017
WDBJ7.com
A child care facility has closed its doors after more than eight years of service to the community. Tiny Angels, which provides care to about 20 families in the area, says they are closing due to state funding cuts. Although the cost for childcare is high; "To pay for one year of a child in infant care, actually is more expensive than one year of in-state college tuition." Read More...______________________________________________________________
Dire shortage of daycare centers may impact China’s efforts to increase birth rate
Town Hall Tackles Austin-Area Child Care Crisis
Queensland has the second lowest rate of degree-qualified early childhood teachers in the country leading to a shortage of quality staff
