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The Child Care Crisis: History and Examples from Across the United States
| Date: | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Author(s): | Song Lee |
| Topic(s): | Economic Development: Economic Conditions, Economic Development: General, Economic Development: High Road Economic Development, Economic Development: Policies and Programs, Economic Development: Workforce Development, Government: Taxation, Poverty / Income Inequality: Economic Inequality, Poverty / Income Inequality: Low-Wage Work |
| Type: | Report |
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This report by Community Foundation for Greater 2024 Buffalo High Road Fellow, Song Lee shares the history and status of child care in the United States. The report defines the care economy, analyzes the child care crisis, reviews past federal and state efforts for universal child care, and proposes potential solutions.
Child care professionals are undervalued and underpaid. Efforts for change start with empowering workers in the care economy, joining hands with the broader care economy, and amplifying the voices of the most vulnerable populations. Much research and advocacy remain to be completed in the future.