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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today the Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) issued a joint letter confirming that the nation s largest child care providers will work towards ensuring all child care center teachers and staff have access to the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it s available. They also are calling on state and local regulatory bodies to classify teachers as frontline workers so that they are prioritized to receive the vaccine.
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the nation, our communities and specifically the child care sector. Those that do remain open are operating with lower capacity and heightened health and safe protocols, making it more challenging than ever for working families to find childcare.