THREAD on child care:
During yesterday’s hearing on the child care crisis and the coronavirus crisis at the @WaysMeansCmte Subcommittee on Worker & Family Support, Rasheed Malik from the Center for @amprog made some really important points. ⬇️
During yesterday’s hearing on the child care crisis and the coronavirus crisis at the @WaysMeansCmte Subcommittee on Worker & Family Support, Rasheed Malik from the Center for @amprog made some really important points. ⬇️
51 percent of U.S. communities don’t have licensed child care options nearby — This inequitably affects predominantly minority and rural communities.
The impact of this on maternal labor force participation in these communities is profound, even before coronavirus hit.
The impact of this on maternal labor force participation in these communities is profound, even before coronavirus hit.
1/3 of jobs lost in those communities may not come back after coronavirus without federal intervention on the childcare front.
1/2 of all childcare capacity is threatened by the coronavirus economic shutdown.
COVID merely exposed weaknesses in childcare that were already there.
1/2 of all childcare capacity is threatened by the coronavirus economic shutdown.
COVID merely exposed weaknesses in childcare that were already there.
.@amprog calls for federal help to increase pay for care workers, increase quality options for families and reduce costs for families.
Mr. Malik also pointed to this “Child Care Deserts” interactive map color coding the inequities nationwide by race and poverty levels: childcaredeserts.org
While that map highlights Milwaukee, Detroit, and San Jose, you can type in any other location and use a “swipe” tool on the map to see how childcare deserts tend to correspond to Black or poor communities.
