a third of workers lost jobs and some never returned to child care centers that pay around $12 an hour. >> this was always a challenge for the child care industry. child care providers are really notoriously undervalued and underpaid. but things have gotten worse as these child care facilities are now having to compete with higher wages offered by a lot of large multinational corporations hoot are also facing worker shortages. >> rose curbing overseas 11 child care centers in new jersey. >> we had close a number of of programs and our rooms. >> how come? >> because we don't have enough staff at this time. we're down about 50 staff in early childhood ed -- education. and we are down about probably 40 to 50 staff in school age child care as well. >> wow. >> to find workers sheance inned starting pay by $2 an hour, until she has more staff, the waiting list of nearly 40