Executive Summary This report looks at how five states are faring 1 in light of the child care stabilization cliff. 2 As expected, child care prices are rising, child care supply is not growing, programs are shutting down, and many families are being impacted by the combination of not being able to find or afford child care options. This is not new. The historic lack of investment in child care and early learning has created this ongoing challenge for families, which was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. The unprecedented pandemic-relief child care funding mitigated some of those challenges, and showed just how important public investments in child care are. Now, states are attempting to maintain the status quo, and, in some cases, make more robust investments that are leading to progress.
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Table of Contents
- Child Care Funding Cliff at One Year Rising Prices Shrinking Options and Families Squeezed 1
- Child Care Funding Cliff at One Year Rising Prices Shrinking Options and Families Squeezed 2
- Executive Summary 2
- Introduction 3
- The State of Child Care in the United States Today 5
- Washington Post 6
- Child Care Prices Exceed the High Cost of Housing 6
- Staffing Shortages Continue amid Stagnant Low Wages 8
- Child Care Waitlists Are Growing as Providers Fight to Stay Open 10
- A Snapshot of Five States 11
- New York 12
- Prices 12
- Staffing 12
- Supply 12
- Ohio 12
- Prices 13
- Staffing 13
- Supply 13
- Pennsylvania 13
- Prices 14
- Staffing 14
- Supply 14
- Virginia 14
- Prices 15
- Staffing 15
- Supply 15
- Wisconsin 16
- Washington Post 16
- Prices 16
- Staffing 16
- Supply 16
- Looking Ahead at a Solvable Problem 16
- The American Prospect 17
- This report was made possible by the support of the Rockefeller Family Fund. 17
- Notes 18
