Are government subsidies the solution to the child care crisis?
Child care centers are struggling to hire workers in part because pay in the industry lags behind most other industries. It's a nationwide problem.
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Child care centers are struggling to hire workers in part because pay in the industry lags behind most other industries. It's a nationwide problem.
Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Republican Sen. Tim Reed, would send $250,000 to the Department of Social Services to conduct or contract a study analyzing the cost of child care among different areas of the state, different age ranges and different child care delivery options.
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting's "South Dakota Focus" will write for
Legislative leaders agree that the ongoing child care crisis in South Dakota represents a significant workforce problem.
Child care centers are struggling to hire workers in part because pay in the industry lags behind most other industries. It's a nationwide problem.