The April job numbers were a stark reminder of what families know all too well: child care is infrastructure. My colleagues and I have a new report on the critical need to invest $700 billion in child care so our families and economy can recover. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Our child care report found that nearly 20% of working parents left the workforce or reduced their hours solely due to a lack of child care. 26% of women who became unemployed during the pandemic attributed this to a lack of child care. hbr.org/2021/04/childc…
By 2021, 10 million moms with school-age children were out of the workforce – a net loss of 1.4 million from 2020. Women of color have been among the hardest hit. This will slow the economic recovery and reduce women’s earnings now and into the future.
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Our child care system doesn’t work for families’ post-pandemic lives. Only 14% of low-income children eligible for federal child care subsidies receive them. And the requirements that we place on families, including work requirements, are rigid & outdated. gao.gov/products/gao-2…
Half of families live in "child care deserts" – and COVID has only made the shortages worse. We must invest in the child care supply so families can find available, high-quality care. americanprogress.org/issues/early-c…
Women make up 95% of the child care workforce – 20% are Latina, and 19% are Black women. Investing $700 billion in child care and ensuring that child care workers are adequately paid for their work will create millions of new, good jobs for women. nwlc.org/wp-content/upl… 
A $700 billion investment in child care infrastructure will help ensure that women and families aren’t left behind in our recovery. And it will create jobs, increase productivity, and have lifelong benefits for children's development. Let’s do this. warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
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