America's child-care crisis rethinking an essential business / Sarah Taylor Vanover.

Author/creator Vanover, Sarah Taylor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLewisville, NC : Gryphon House, Inc., [2021]
Descriptionvii, 152 pages ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- The cost of quality -- Achieving a living wage -- The professional perception -- Streams of funding -- The burden on the family -- Child-care deserts -- Impact on the business community -- The link between child care and the public school system -- The human-services impact -- Children with special needs in child care -- A call to action.
Abstract The child-care industry--essential to American families and to the American economy--is at risk of complete collapse. Before COVID-19 struck, the child-care industry faced funding issues and staffing dilemmas, while families struggled to find--or simply afford--quality child care. The reality is that COVID-19 has only exacerbated the challenges of the already-fragile child-care ecosystem. America's Child-Care Crisis takes a hard look at the current state of the industry and explores how to save this critical service by: Identifying the systemic changes needed; Altering public opinion of the field; Securing state and federal dollars for the private sector; Prioritizing the growth of family child-care homes; Educating parents on quality care and helping them access it; Educating parents on quality care and helping them access it. Child-care is a system that is too critical to fail--we cannot survive without it. Together, we can reimagine the child-care industry for all Americans whose livelihoods depend on it.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020948121
ISBN9780876599143 (paperback)
ISBN0876599145 (paperback)

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