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Staff shortages, center closures, and higher prices have led to a nationwide increase in child care deserts
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The pros and cons of free child care Lois M. Collins © Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News A preschool student listens to a story at A to Z Building Blocks in Orem on Dec. 16, 2020. Nationally, funding child care has become a contentious topic.
The Biden administration’s proposed American Families Plan includes $225 billion for child care “to ensure that low- and middle-income families spend no more than 7% of their income on child care.” The plan also calls for investing in the industry’s workforce to increase availability and quality of care for kids 5 and younger.
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The number of children who could need child care is striking. The Kids Count Data Center said more than two-thirds of U.S. parents with children under age 6 work. An administration-cited study concludes that “a lack of child care options costs the United States economy $57 billion per year in lost earnings, productivity and revenue.”
‘It will be affluent White women who continue to have access to care’ (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Caroline Kitchener
Feb. 22, 2021
Darnita Lawrence is the kind of mom who likes to pop in and say hello to her toddler. For years, she could: Her 2 year-old son, and her 7-year-old daughter before him, went to day care at Southeast Children’s Fund,
one floor up from her office. She could drop off a juice box at lunch time or spend a few minutes watching them nap.
“It was the best thing ever,” Lawrence said.
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