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The absence of reliable and affordable child care has contributed to a labor shortage, which in turn has hurt businesses and made it more difficult for...
The pandemic has made clear what many experts had long warned: The absence of reliable and affordable child care limits the jobs people can accept, makes it harder to climb the corporate ladder and ultimately restricts the ability of the broader economy to grow. Now, each caretaker resignation, coronavirus exposure and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications for an entire economy's workforce.
The pandemic has forced many people — mostly women — to lose their jobs, and created a labor shortage as well
The pandemic has forced many people — mostly women — to lose their jobs, and created a labor shortage as well
Child Care Aware of America estimates that 9 percent of child care programs in the U.S. shut doors since the onset of the pandemic.