SKIDMORE: And you were given the research that it did work at improving the wages for us. Skidmore burned with frustration at Wisconsin lawmakers, saying that they were ignoring ample evidence that federal and state funding helped children by helping child care centers alleviate an ongoing staffing crisis. Wisconsin lawmakers have chosen, thus far, to end Child Care Counts, the state’s subsidy program based on that federal funding. At the end of this month, $24 billion of pandemic era federal child care assistance will expire. Last week, she confronted Wisconsin lawmakers to acknowledge the precipice that she and other child care providers in the state are facing. She and her fellow carers look after 50 children. MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Brooke Skidmore is founder and co-owner of The Growing Tree, a child care center in New Glarus, Wisconsin. It’s the biggest issue, the cost, the lack thereof, and still you do nothing. You all sat week after week at your listening sessions across the state, and the number one issue that you heard was child care. Michelle Meywes, Mother of two in child care in Los Angeles, California.īROOKE SKIDMORE: In all seriousness, what is wrong with you? Linda Smith, Director of the Early Childhood Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Coauthor of the report Child Care Cliff: 3.2 Million Children Likely to Lose Spots with End of Federal Funds.Ĭorrine Hendrickson, Operates Corrine’s Little Explorers Daycare in New Glarus, Wisconsin. Julie Kashen, senior fellow and director for women’s economic justice at The Century Foundation, a national independent think tank.
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Today, On Point: How to save child care, the people who provide it, and the families who rely on it. So in a year, I will have raised my rates about $60 a week per kid,” Hendrickson says. “In June, I raised my rates 20% … They’ll be going up again another $30 in February when the rest of the funding dries up. Corrine Hendrickson in Wisconsin says the only way she’ll be able to stay open is by raising her rates. “3.2 million children could lose their child care as a result of this money going away,” says Julie Kashen, director for women’s economic justice at The Century Foundation.Īlmost every child care provider in the country says this is going to hit them, their workers, and families hard.
The money was earmarked to support the costs of child care. $24 billion of pandemic-era funding for a specific American need is about to expire.
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