care industry afloat. it helped nurture and raise wages a dollar an hour. but he works a second job at home depot. >> i was working check to check and i was getting behind on my bills. >> he is now taking 15% fewer students. >> how long could families sit on a wait list. . >> they may sit on a wait list for the better part of 2022. >> across the u.s., roughly 10% of child care programs have closed. others are downsizing. many parents are seeing prices rise and wait lists grow. >> parents, predominantly women, can't go back to work. . >> a recent survey found 84% of parents are overwhelmed by the cost of child care. and 20% have quit a job over it. for the average couple, it is 10% of their income. for single parents, it's 35%.